Category Archives: Yrsa Sigurdardottir

2017: The Favourites as Reading Bingo

Posted on January 2, 2018 by bernadetteinoz

I first reflected on a year’s reading via the Reading Bingo scorecard for 2016 and have decided to do it again this year. Mostly because it sneakily allows me to have more than the usual 10 or 12 books in … Continue reading →

Posted in Adrian McKinty, Bill Crider, books of the year, Christopher Brrookmyre, David Casarett, Denise Mina, Elisabeth Sanxay Holding, Gianrico Carofiglio, Hans Olav Lahlum, Holly Throsby (Aus), Jock Serong (Aus), Karin Alvtegen, Kati Hiekkapelto, Leif G.W. Persson, Liane Moriarty (Aus), Mark Brandi (Aus), Megan Norris (Aus), Michael Robotham (Aus), Sarah Ward, Shamini Flint, Sue Grafton, Sulari Gentill (Aus), Vaseem Khan, Yrsa Sigurdardottir | 16 Comments

Women in Translation 2017

Posted on August 6, 2017 by bernadetteinoz

I learned via Mrs Peabody’s excellent blog that August is being celebrated as Women in Translation month. This is in an attempt to address the fact that only about a quarter of the world’s literature that is translated into English … Continue reading →

Posted in Asa Larsson, Camilla Lackberg, Claudia Pineiro, Fred Vargas, Karin Alvtegen, Karin Fossum, Kati Hiekkapelto, list, Liza Marklund, Teresa Solana, Yrsa Sigurdardottir | Tagged | 2 Comments

Review: THE LEGACY by Yrsa Sigurdardottir

Posted on July 31, 2017 by bernadetteinoz

Although I very much enjoy her best-known series featuring lawyer-turned-amateur-sleuth Thora Gudmundsdottir, I love the fact that Yrsa Sigurdardottir (and her publishers) have regularly taken the risky step of publishing books outside this popular series. Even if the books haven’t all … Continue reading →

Posted in book review, Iceland, Yrsa Sigurdardottir | 5 Comments

Books of the month: April 2017

Posted on May 3, 2017 by bernadetteinoz

Pick of the month I was working crazy hours during April so read a lot fewer books during the month but there were a couple of real gems (both from the shortlist for this year’s Petrona Award). My favourite of these … Continue reading →

Posted in Bill Pronzini, books of the month, Kati Hiekkapelto, Samuel Bjork, Sandi Wallace (Aus), Yrsa Sigurdardottir | 2 Comments

Review: WHY DID YOU LIE? by Yrsa Sigurdardottir

Posted on April 12, 2017 by bernadetteinoz

The multiple-threads-without-obvious-connection novels are coming thick and fast these days but few are as skillfully realised as Yrsa Sigurdardottir’s standalone novel WHY DID YOU LIE? There are three strands which all, on the face of it, sound a little dull. Or … Continue reading →

Posted in book review, Iceland, Yrsa Sigurdardottir | 7 Comments

Books of the month: April 2015

Posted on May 2, 2015 by bernadetteinoz

Pick of the month The good thing about having completed only a paltry 4 books for the month is that it made picking a favourite pretty easy, though I think Jørn Lier Horst’s THE HUNTING DOGS would have made the … Continue reading →

Posted in Arthur Upfield, books of the month, Jorn Lier Horst, Nadia Dalbuono, Yrsa Sigurdardottir | 14 Comments

Review: THE SILENCE OF THE SEA by Yrsa Sigurdardottir

Posted on April 20, 2015 by bernadetteinoz

A luxury yacht crashes into Rekyavik Harbour one night without a soul on board and no immediate signs of foul play; the three-man crew and family of four who were travelling home from Portugal are just…gone. Lawyer Thóra Gudmundsdóttir is … Continue reading →

Posted in book review, Iceland, Yrsa Sigurdardottir | 9 Comments

Musings on the 2014 Petrona Award

Posted on May 17, 2014 by bernadetteinoz

In a few hours the winner of the 2014 Petrona Award for best Scandinavian crime novel translated into English will be announced as part of CrimeFest festivities and, like last year, I’m quite glad not to be the one deciding. But … Continue reading →

Posted in Arnaldur Indriðason, Hakan Nesser, Jan Costin Wagner, Jorn Lier Horst, Leif G.W. Persson, random thoughts, Yrsa Sigurdardottir | 6 Comments

Review: SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME by Yrsa Sigurdardottir

Posted on March 20, 2014 by bernadetteinoz

I know it’s not the normal way of doing things but I feel the need to talk first about a couple of things SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME isn’t. For a few days now I’ve been staring at the bright red balloon on … Continue reading →

Posted in book review, Iceland, Yrsa Sigurdardottir | 13 Comments

Books of the Month – October 2011

Posted on November 3, 2011 by bernadetteinoz

I didn’t manage a lot of reviewing in October but was lucky enough to have a couple of 5-star reads which means Book of the month is a difficult choice so I’m not going to make it. Tom Franklin‘s Crooked Letter, Crooked … Continue reading →

Posted in Alice LaPlante, Arnaldur Indriðason, Barry Maitland (Aus), books of the month, Camilla Lackberg, Carolyn Morwood (Aus), Dan Waddell, Daphne Du Maurier, Denise Mina, John Lawton, Jussi Adler-Olsen, list, Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo, Nicole Watson (Aus), Ruth Rendell, S J Bolton, Tom Franklin, Yrsa Sigurdardottir | 9 Comments