Icelandic SFT: Yrsa Sigurdardottir

 

I Remember You: A Ghost Story, translated by Philip Roughton (Minotaur Books, 2012).

“In this terrifying tale, three friends set to work renovating a rundown house in a remote, totally isolated location. But they soon realize they are not as alone as they thought. Something wants them to leave. Meanwhile, in a nearby town, a young doctor investigating the suicide of an elderly woman discovers that she was obsessed with his vanished son. When the two stories collide, the shocking truth becomes horribly clear.”

Review: Crime by the Book blog

 


 

The Undesired, translated by Victoria Cribb (Hodder & Stoughton, 2015).

“Aldis hates her job working in a juvenile detention center in rural Iceland. The boys are difficult, the owners are unpleasant, and there are mysterious noises at night. And then two of the boys go astray . . .Decades later, single father Odinn is looking into alleged abuse at the center. The more he finds out, though, the more it seems the odd events of the 1970s are linked to the accident that killed his ex-wife. Was her death something more sinister?”

Review: Independent

 

 

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