Last Rituals, Yrsa Sigurdardottir
Last Rituals, Yrsa Sigurdardottir
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Last Rituals
A Novel of Suspense

Author: Yrsa Sigurdardottir

Narrator: Elizabeth Wiley

Unabridged: 11 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/26/2016


Synopsis

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.

About Yrsa Sigurdardottir

Yrsa Sigurdardottir is an Icelandic writer of crime fiction, including the Thora Gudmundsdottir series. Yrsa has also written for children, and won the 2003 Icelandic Children's Book Prize with Bioborn.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Will on November 06, 2024

When a wealthy young German, Harald Guntlieb, is found dead in a Rekyavik university, the cops are quick to pin it on a drug dealer with whom he associated. Thóra Gudmundsdóttir is a thirty-something single mother of a lawyer struggling to get by. When Harald’s mother offers Thora impressive money t......more

Goodreads review by Carmen on March 28, 2016

This is the first in a series starring a lawyer named Thóra. She is divorced. She has two children: a 6-year old girl and a 16-year-old boy. She falls into a "private investigator" role in this book, solving a gruesome murder for reasons that escape me. The murder victim is a German grad student nam......more

Goodreads review by Jim on June 20, 2023

This book is the first in a series of six by this Icelandic author. It’s a gritty mystery with some gore, almost grisly I’d say. There’s a lot going on with drugs and satanic rituals. A lot of body parts turn up. Classic Nordic noir. Harald, a young German student, was studying history in Iceland at......more

Goodreads review by Bren on February 05, 2021

Empecé esta serie por el tercer libro y aunque lo disfruté enormemente, no saben cuanto me arrepiento, esta primera entrega es fenomenal, además de que muestra perfectamente la personalidad de Þóra y como se conocen Mathew y ella. El caso es realmente una pasada, no solo el asesinato en sí, que ya es......more

Goodreads review by Peter on December 11, 2018

Quite an interesting crime story about a mysterious murder and investigations who really committed the crime. I really liked the background on witches on witchhunts in Iceland and Europe. Sometimes the story itself was a bit tedious. Why is it necessary to tell that detail about Thora's son? The aut......more