A review by margaret21
Gallows Rock by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir

4.0

A thrusting and successful young business man found hanged in a traditional gallows site. Suicide or murder? An unidentifiable four year old found in the flat of the deceased. How come? Who? Here is a tightly plotted story with many an unexpected revelation involving two characters previously unknown to me : Huldar, and child psychologist Freyja, but who form the thread that links several books in a series. I'll read more, because I enjoyed getting a sense of the tightly-knit community in Reykjavík. I like it that even the good guys - the police and other professionals - are flawed, as are the victims. Tightly plotted and powerfully told - what more could a detective novel ask for?