Last Rituals
A Novel of Suspense

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

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

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

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

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