Yrsa Sigurdardóttir, trans. from the Icelandic by Philip Roughton. Minotaur, $14.99 trade paper (384p) ISBN 978-1-250-02940-9 Icily compelling, Sigurdardóttir’s fourth Thóra Gudmundsdóttir ...

Yrsa's Vineyard honours the lady from whom Steven and Marianne Stern acquired the property. She, in turn, was named after Queen Yrsa of Sweden, born in 565 AD, whose story is told in the Norse Sagas.