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Someone to Watch Over Me
by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir
Trigger warning: Child abuse.
Great installment to the Thora series. I thought Sigurdardottir did a great job with including the horror/supernatural elements in this one. She seems to play around with that a bit with this series, and this one did work at least for me when it came to that. I know readers may have other opinions.
"Someone to Watch Over Me" has Thora taking on a case of a man with Down's Syndrome (Jakob) who was accused of burning down the community home he was sharing with others. However, a terrible inmate where he the man is housed believes he's innocent and was willing to pay Thora to find the evidence necessary to get him out. The inmate in question was found guilty of assaulting a young boy and was apparently deemed a person of interest in another case, Thora wonders why he is so hell-bent on Jakob's interest.
The case takes a lot of twists and turns. In the background of the overall investigation is Iceland dealing with the ramifications of the housing market and everything else failing. Thora's long time boyfriend Matthew has moved in with her, but has lost his job, but may have another opportunity that he seems reluctant to take. Along with the case that Thora is dealing with, the book follows a couple whose home seems to be haunted by their dead babysitter (yes really). You would think those two things together don't work but they do.
Thora is still dealing with the downturn of the economy, her children, her grandson, and now her parents living with her. Her secretary Bella is still the worst. But Thora can't let go of this case once she starts to realize too many things don't add up about the fire and the possibility that Jakob is innocent.
Though I guessed at the twists and ties to everything (and was right) I was glad to read this one. I really enjoyed it. I loved the supernatural aspects we get to in this book and it reminds me of Sigurdardottir's one horror book I read.
Great installment to the Thora series. I thought Sigurdardottir did a great job with including the horror/supernatural elements in this one. She seems to play around with that a bit with this series, and this one did work at least for me when it came to that. I know readers may have other opinions.
"Someone to Watch Over Me" has Thora taking on a case of a man with Down's Syndrome (Jakob) who was accused of burning down the community home he was sharing with others. However, a terrible inmate where he the man is housed believes he's innocent and was willing to pay Thora to find the evidence necessary to get him out. The inmate in question was found guilty of assaulting a young boy and was apparently deemed a person of interest in another case, Thora wonders why he is so hell-bent on Jakob's interest.
The case takes a lot of twists and turns. In the background of the overall investigation is Iceland dealing with the ramifications of the housing market and everything else failing. Thora's long time boyfriend Matthew has moved in with her, but has lost his job, but may have another opportunity that he seems reluctant to take. Along with the case that Thora is dealing with, the book follows a couple whose home seems to be haunted by their dead babysitter (yes really). You would think those two things together don't work but they do.
Thora is still dealing with the downturn of the economy, her children, her grandson, and now her parents living with her. Her secretary Bella is still the worst. But Thora can't let go of this case once she starts to realize too many things don't add up about the fire and the possibility that Jakob is innocent.
Though I guessed at the twists and ties to everything (and was right) I was glad to read this one. I really enjoyed it. I loved the supernatural aspects we get to in this book and it reminds me of Sigurdardottir's one horror book I read.