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Cargando... The Dollpor Yrsa Sigurðardóttir
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Með betri glæpasögunum eftir Yrsu. Hér segir frá ungri stúlku á villigötum eftir erfiða reynslu á barnsaldri. Móðir hennar er úrskurðuð látin af slysförum en telpan veit hluti sem gera andlátið grunsamlegt. Hún fer á stúfana og hleypir af stað atburðarrás sem verður til þess að Huldari og Freyju er blandað enn á ný saman í rússibanareið þar sem líkum fjölgar stöðugt. ( ) A teenage orphan is convinced both her parents were murdered but when she starts asking questions she is murdered herself. Meanwhile body parts have been recovered from the ocean and the investigative team are perplexed. For child psychologist Freyja, her latest case brings her back into the orbit of detective Huldar. In a small country like Iceland there are few coincidences. I really enjoy this series of books and this is no exception. The story starts in a slightly creepy way with the discovery of a 'demon' doll but luckily it stays well away from horror territory and develops into a solid police procedural. My only quibble was the ending which was presented 'after the fact' and gave a not very convincing narrative with a deeply unconvincing twist. My thanks to the Author publisher's and NetGalley for providing me with a Kindle version of this book to read and honestly review. This is the fifth outing for child psychologist Freya and Detective Hulder but the book can be read as a standalone novel. Well written atmospheric gripping story with a number of surprising twists at least to me, and they keep coming right to the end. A character driven story engaging and gripping from first to last page set in Iceland. Quality Scandi or is it Nordic noir I am not sure but whichever it's classed as i completely recommend it. In a word...terrible. I expected so much from Yrsa Sigurdardottir having read and enjoyed The Legacy and, in so doing, meeting good characters (with the ability to grow as the series progressed) namely Detective Huldar and child psychologist Freyja. For reasons best known only to the author she introduces a horror element; a bedraggled doll and it would appear that anyone who encounters the doll will meet a rather violent death. The discovery of bones at sea, sexual abuse at the care home, the murder of a homeless man did little to rescue a dismal attempt at horror, and a poorly constructed deeply confusing crime story The last part of the novel (I use the term lightly) includes a long and rambling expose, unveiling of the perpetrators and thankfully, and it could not come sooner….the end. Thank you to netgalley for a gratis copy in exchange for an honest review…..and that is what I will always deliver. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
Pertenece a las seriesFreyja & Huldar (5)
'I love the Children's House series and Yrsa delivers again with The Doll. Such engaging characters and a compelling, twisted and creepy mystery - I couldn't put it down!' SHARI LAPENA 'Yrsa is a wonderful storyteller. Her stories are atmospheric, mysterious and brilliantly plotted ... you will never see the twists coming' MARI HANNAH 'A magnificent writer' KARIN SLAUGHTER It was meant to be a quiet family fishing trip, a chance for mother and daughter to talk. But it changes the course of their lives forever. They catch nothing except a broken doll that gets tangled in the net. After years in the ocean, the doll a terrifying sight and the mother's first instinct is to throw it back, but she relents when her daughter pleads to keep it. This simple act of kindness proves fatal. That evening, the mother posts a picture of the doll on social media. By the morning, she is dead and the doll has disappeared. Several years later and Detective Huldar is in his least favourite place - on a boat in rough waters, searching for possible human remains. However, identifying the skeleton they find on the seabed proves harder than initially thought, and Huldar must draw on psychologist Freyja's experience to help him. As the mystery of the unidentified body deepens, Huldar is also drawn into an investigation of a homeless drug addict's murder, and Freyja investigates a suspected case of child abuse at a foster care home. What swiftly becomes clear is that the cases are linked through a single, missing, vulnerable witness: the young girl who wanted the doll all those years ago. Taut, terrifying and impossible to put down, The Doll cements Yrsa Sigurdardottir's reputation as a master of storytelling tension and surprise. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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