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A creepy, compelling thriller, SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME is the fifth Thora Gudmundsdottir novel from Yrsa, ''Iceland''s answer to Stieg Larsson'' (Daily Telegraph).

A young man with Down''s Syndrome has been convicted of burning down his care home and killing five people, but a fellow inmate at his secure psychiatric unit has hired Thora to prove Jakob is innocent.

If he didn''t do it, who did? And how is the multiple murder connected to the death of Magga, killed in a hit and run on her way to babysit?



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Iceland's answer to Stieg Larsson. * Daily Telegraph *
Yrsa is one of the most exciting new voices in the crime thriller world. -- Peter James
A tough and yet moving novel, lifted even further by its extraordinary originality of setting and theme. -- 50 Best Thrillers and Crime Novels of the Past 5 Years * Sunday Times *
Put simply, it's terrifying. And brilliant. * Stylist *

Someone to Watch Over Me

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    A Paperback / softback by Yrsa Sigurdardottir, Philip Roughton

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      Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
      Published 27 February 2014
      ISBN-13 9781444734447
      978-1444734447
      ISBN-10 144473444X
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      Crime & Thrillers Horror & Ghost Stories

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A creepy, compelling thriller, SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME is the fifth Thora Gudmundsdottir novel from Yrsa, ''Iceland''s answer to Stieg Larsson'' (Daily Telegraph).

      A young man with Down''s Syndrome has been convicted of burning down his care home and killing five people, but a fellow inmate at his secure psychiatric unit has hired Thora to prove Jakob is innocent.

      If he didn''t do it, who did? And how is the multiple murder connected to the death of Magga, killed in a hit and run on her way to babysit?



      Trade Review
      Iceland's answer to Stieg Larsson. * Daily Telegraph *
      Yrsa is one of the most exciting new voices in the crime thriller world. -- Peter James
      A tough and yet moving novel, lifted even further by its extraordinary originality of setting and theme. -- 50 Best Thrillers and Crime Novels of the Past 5 Years * Sunday Times *
      Put simply, it's terrifying. And brilliant. * Stylist *

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