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The only thing lacking here I'd have expected due to Yrsa's oeuvre is the sense of place. This didn't have anything like the spirit of Iceland – this certainly didn't have the ''subject'' of Iceland we've had before, and this could have taken place in Anywheresville. It's perhaps a mere quibble. Another stronger claim for this book's fallibility is also if not excusable, then certainly understandable. I did find a little of this book went on a bit too much. But in its defence it's just so damned interesting, and fun, and engrossing, you really do have to restrain yourself from skimming. That would, however be a sin – here we're really in the hands of a great thriller writer. The Icelandic language editions of this series, such as the third that was the Christmastime number one book in the author's country, have great covers – ones linked to the contents in blunt ways but ones that completely obliterate the author's surname. With work like this, she should become big enough globally to go by just those four letters.

Another superior puzzle-type thriller recently is [[Everything You Told Me by Lucy Dawson]].