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Ladataan... Kolmas merkki (2005)Tekijä: Yrsa Sigurðardóttir
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Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et. Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. Jee, Islanti! Jee, noitavainot! Muuta ei oikeastaan sitten ollutkaan. Ei oikeastaan yhtään jännitystä, ei oikeastaan mitään kovin kiinnostavaa. Ehkä jännää luettavaa niille jotka eivät ole koskaan kuulleetkaan noitavainoista mutta aika boring jos on. Päähenkilö on aika paskan oloinen asianajaja, jolla on mulkku sihteeri. Tai sitten tämä asianajaja on se mulkku. Yliopiston pölyinen henkilökunta ja lapselliset opiskelijat seikkailevat kampuksella. Mutta jee Islanti!
Yrsa Sigurdardottir has done a fine job of writing this mystery. The author does a remarkable job of interjecting much of her knowledge of Iceland into the current story. She grabs the reader's attention from the very beginning with an intriguing storyline, takes them through all the pieces of the puzzle with a tremendous amount of detail and concludes the novel in a way that will not be predictable. If you are looking for a novel that starts off with suspense and keeps right on going, "Last Rituals" is the one for you. I highly recommend this book. LAST RITUALS is an 'academic mystery': that is, the crime takes place in a university department (a student is murdered), and the solution depends on the uncovering and understanding of the victim's research, as well as of the broader mores, religion and witchcraft in medieval Europe. Yet the book is by no means heavy-going; the opposite in fact. LAST RITUALS is an assured novel, ably translated by the late Bernard Scudder. I recommend it very highly.
At a university in Reykjavík, the body of a young German student is discovered, his eyes cut out and strange symbols carved into his chest. Police waste no time in making an arrest, but the victim's family isn't convinced that the right man is in custody. They ask Thóra Gudmundsdóttir, an attorney and single mother of two, to investigate. It isn't long before Thóra and her associate, Matthew Reich, uncover the deceased student's obsession with Iceland's grisly history of torture, execution, and witch hunts. But there are very contemporary horrors hidden in the long, cold shadow of dark traditions. And for two suddenly endangered investigators, nothing is quite what it seems . . . and no one can be trusted. Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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