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Someone to Watch Over Me
Thora Gudmundsdottir (Related to this series)
- Author
- Yrsa Sigurdardottir
- Narrator
- Gabrielle Nellis-Pain
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Publish Date
- 1 December 2022
- Run Time
- 16 hours 38 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
A young man with Down's Syndrome has been convicted of burning down his care home and killing five people, but a fellow inmate at his secure psychiatric unit has hired Thora to prove Jakob is innocent.
If he didn't do it, who did? And how is the multiple murder connected to the death of Magga, killed in a hit and run on her way to babysit?
(P) 2022 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
Critics Review
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Iceland's answer to Stieg Larsson.
Daily Telegraph
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Yrsa is one of the most exciting new voices in the crime thriller world.
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A tough and yet moving novel, lifted even further by its extraordinary originality of setting and theme.
Sunday Times
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Put simply, it's terrifying. And brilliant.
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Details
- Author
- Yrsa Sigurdardottir
- Narrator
- Gabrielle Nellis-Pain
- Duration
- 16 hours 38 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 December 2022
- ISBN
- 9781399711265
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Genre
- Crime and / or mystery fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction, Horror, ghost stories and supernatural fiction, Fiction in translation
Synopsis
A creepy, compelling thriller, SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME is the fifth Thora Gudmundsdottir novel from Yrsa, 'Iceland's answer to Stieg Larsson' (Daily Telegraph). A young man with Down's Syndrome has been convicted of burning down his care home and killing five people, but a fellow inmate at his secure psychiatric unit has hired Thora to prove Jakob is innocent. If he didn't do it, who did? And how is the multiple murder connected to the death of Magga, killed in a hit and run on her way to babysit?(P) 2022 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
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