The Day is Dark by Yrsa
Sigurdardottir
Thora is getting bored with life as
a lawyer in Reykjavik. When a paid
opportunity to help her boyfriend investigate one of his bank’s clients, a
mining operation in Greenland that has come upon difficulties, she leaps at the
offer. After arriving there, she has her
doubts. If she ever thought the winters
in Iceland were hard she will never think so again. Eastern Greenland is desolate and the weather
is brutal. Even worse the two miners her
group is supposed to meet are missing.
Did they succumb to the elements or did they meet with foul play?
Like all of her books there is a lot
going on and it slowly builds. I can’t
really say much about the plot without giving some of the carefully reveled
clues away so I’ll just say you get a taste of Eastern Greenland and most of us
can cross that off our list of places to visit.
It’s interesting how the author blends past and present, folklore and
science, the expected and unexpected into this entertaining mystery. It’s slow paced, but the style matches the
story and setting.
If you’re sick and tired of the cold,
this will make you feel a little better about our weather. Not much, but a little.
