Bibliograph

The reckoning, Yrsa Sigurdardottir ; translated from the Icelandic by Victoria Cribb

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The reckoning, Yrsa Sigurdardottir ; translated from the Icelandic by Victoria Cribb

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The reckoning

Oclc number

1057242877

Responsibility statement

Yrsa Sigurdardottir ; translated from the Icelandic by Victoria Cribb

Summary

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. From the international number one-bestselling author of The Silence of the Sea, winner of the 2015 Petrona Award for Best Scandinavian Crime Novel Yrsa Sigurdardottir returns with the follow-up to The Legacy.--, Publisher's description

Target audience

adult

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