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A review by morgandhu
The Day is Dark by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir
4.0
Another solid mystery novel, this time set in a remote mining station on the inhospitable east coast of Greenland. Things look bad - interpersonal relations at the station have soured, one woman has gone missing, performance is behind schedule, the employees on Winter furlough refuse to return, and the two people remaining at the station have stopped communication with the outside world. The Icelandic bank that underwrote the venture sends in a team of specialists to find out what happened, and Thora Gudmundsdottir is one of them.
As in the other books I've read by this author, sense of place and past history are inextricably tied up with the modern mystery being investigated. Add to this a sympathetic portrait of the damage arising from the cultural clash between colonising Europeans and the eastern Greenland Inuit peoples, some of whom followed traditional ways well into the 20th century. I really enjoy this author's work.
As in the other books I've read by this author, sense of place and past history are inextricably tied up with the modern mystery being investigated. Add to this a sympathetic portrait of the damage arising from the cultural clash between colonising Europeans and the eastern Greenland Inuit peoples, some of whom followed traditional ways well into the 20th century. I really enjoy this author's work.