All this is added to her
day job – her other life - as marketing analyst for a leading company. But she
hides dark secrets that play no part in the life she shares online.
Hannah is grieving but simultaneously relieved at
the death of her bi-polar mother who she cared for.
An intelligent and gifted
school magazine reporter, she investigates a tip that exposes corruption at
school – something she should have left alone. She is punished and banished to
Iceland where her father now resides.
There she takes on a position as junior reporter on his paper.
The lives of these two girls become intertwined
through a murder that takes place within a few hours of Hannah’s arrival in
Iceland. Her instincts send her on another investigation which will change both
girls’ lives, and that will finally see the disintegration of Imogen’s darkness.
This is a fantastic mystery with two brilliant and
intelligent young women as protagonists. Many controversial issues are spun
into the story. The dangers of online platforms and how they have the power to
influence peoples’ lives, is a strong current throughout the storyline. The
misuse of power by people in places of authority and the subversive way they go
about using those powers is perfectly portrayed. This incorporates the world of politicians
and their secret ways of manipulating things to their benefit. It also addresses
how victims of violation are forced into silent purgatory by their perpetrators
due to their status which protects them.
Title:
The Sharp End of a Snowflake
Author:
Sif Sigmarsdottir
Publisher:
Hachette, $16.99
Publication
Date: June 2019
Format:
Paperback
ISBN:
9781444935301
For
ages: 15+
Type:
Young Adult Fiction
