Yolande Ligterink did an excellent job translating this thriller. Sometimes with translations of thrillers, you are ripped away from enjoying the plot by a strange choice of words, literal translation of a saying, or ignorance of obscure bits of British culture which can take away the pleasure of a story. With this book, I was immersed the whole time. The original helped as well, of course. In some ways, it was rather predictable; the remote location guaranteed that it would be cut off from the outside world and as soon as the protagonist made friends with

Boy

, you were sure that they were not on the side of good. But there were enough twists and turns and unexpected elements that it was entertaining enough, and certainly page-turning. I am not a fan of too much gore and violence, so could have done with a bit less of that, but I suppose it goes with the genre.
I am recovering from flu and this was just the light entertaining read that I needed.