The Reckoning, Yrsa Sigurdardottir
The Reckoning, Yrsa Sigurdardottir
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The Reckoning
A Thriller

Author: Yrsa Sigurdardottir

Narrator: Lucy Paterson

Unabridged: 11 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/12/2019


Synopsis

"With a remarkable ability to subtly distinguish myriad characters, Lucy Patterson masterfully narrates this thriller...Her timing and delivery, including subtle pauses and sighs, are transfixing." — AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award winner

From Yrsa Sigurdardottir, author of the international bestselling thriller The Silence of the Sea, winner of the 2015 Petrona Award for Best Scandinavian Crime Novel, comes the follow-up to The Legacy.

Vaka sits, regretting her choice of coat, on the cold steps of her new school. Her father appears to have forgotten to pick her up, her mother has forgotten to give her this week’s pocket money, and the school is already locked for the day. Grownups, she decides, are useless.

With no way to call home, she resigns herself to waiting on the steps until her father remembers her. When a girl approaches, Vaka recognizes her immediately from class, and from her unusual appearance: two of her fingers are missing. The girl lives at the back of the school, on the other side of a high fence, and Vaka asks to call her father from the girl's house. That afternoon is the last time anyone sees Vaka.

Detective Huldar and child psychologist Freyja are called in. Soon, they find themselves at the heart of another shocking case.

About Yrsa Sigurdardottir

YRSA SIGURDARDÓTTIR (pronounced UR-suh SIG-ur-dar-daughter) lives with her family in Reykjavík; she is also a director of one of Iceland's largest engineering firms. Her work is found on bestseller lists all over the world, and films are currently in production for several of her books. Her titles include, The Day is Dark and Ashes to Dust.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Holly on January 19, 2019

This was my first novel by this author. It is book two in the series, but worked as a stand-alone. Although, I do feel like I missed out on some of the backstory in book one. Detective Huldar and a child psychologist named Freyja are trying to solve a case that involves a note that was found in a sc......more

Goodreads review by Abby • Crime by the Book on January 05, 2019

4.5/5 stars for this outstanding Nordic crime novel! Iceland’s Queen of Crime returns in 2019 with the second installment in her superb Children’s House series: THE RECKONING. Picking up where her 2018 release THE LEGACY left off, Sigurdardottir’s newest crime novel delivers a gritty, layered proced......more

Goodreads review by Dimitris on May 14, 2018

This book was a big disappointment for me, being a devoted fan of Yrsa Sigurdardottir's novels and Icelandic crime fiction in general. While the first book in this new series (Freya and Huldar), titled ''DNA'', was aligned with the previous dark, suspenseful and gory novels of the so-called ''Queen......more

Goodreads review by Cititor on October 11, 2020

Cum poate un copil să prevadă șase crime ce se vor petrece peste zece ani? Scrisoarea lui este o amenințare sau un semnal de alarmă dat adulților? Când tatăl tău este cel mai cunoscut pedofil al Islandei, tu ești victimă sau martorul ce refuză să denunțe? Yrsa Sigurðardóttir nu dă semne că în acest a......more

Goodreads review by Mary on December 04, 2018

2/5 στα 5 Δεν ξέρω αλήθεια τι να γραψω. Το έσερνα από την αρχη ως το τελος μονο για να δω που το πάει. Εφτασα στην 400 σελίδα για να νιωσω ενα τσικ αγωνιας. Το βιβλίο είναι γεματο περιγραφες, διαλογους που κάποιες φορές είναι εξαιρετικά βαρετοι και αρκετά ονόματα. Κατα την ανάγνωση δεν ένιωσα αυτο τ......more


Quotes

"With a remarkable ability to subtly distinguish myriad characters, Lucy Patterson masterfully narrates this thriller." -AudioFile, Earphones Award Winner