At a university in Reykjavík, the body of a young German student is discovered, his eyes cut out and strange symbols carved into his chest. Police waste no time in making an arrest, but the victim's family isn't convinced that the right man is in custody
Fjölskylda snýr heim úr íbúðaskiptum en kemst að því að fólkið sem var í húsinu þeirra er horfið. Lögreglukona rekst á áratuga gamla skýrslu sem tekin var af eiginmanni hennar á barnsaldri og telur það mál hugsanlega skýra tilraun
A young man with Down's Syndrome has been convicted of burning down his care home and killing five people, but a fellow inmate at his secure psychiatric unit has hired Thora to prove Jakob is innocent. If he didn't do it, who did? And how is the multiple
An abandoned yacht, a young family missing - chilling crime from the queen of Nordic Noir.The most chilling novel yet from Yrsa Sigurdardottir, an international bestseller at the height of her powers.'Mummy dead.' The child's pure treble was uncomfortably
Þegar ungur maður fer að rannsaka starfsemi unglingaheimilis frá áttunda áratugnum taka undarlegir atburðir að skekja tilveru hans og dóttur hans. En hvort eiga þeir rætur að rekja til hörmunga sem dundu yfir upptökuheimilið eða til sviple
“Top notch crime fiction.”—Boston Globe American readers first met Icelandic lawyer and investigator Thóra Gudmundsdóttir in Last Rituals. In My Soul to Take, internationally acclaimed author Yrsa Sigurdardóttir plunges her intrepid heroine into
In 1973, a volcanic eruption buried an entire Icelandic village in lava and ash. Now this macabre tourist attraction proves deadly once again—when the discovery of fresh bodies casts a shadow of suspicion onto Markús Magnússon, a man accused of killin
This horrifying thriller, partly based on a true story, is the scariest novel yet from an international bestseller.The crunching noise had resumed, now accompanied by a disgusting, indefinable smell. It could best be described as a blend of kelp and rotte
When all contact is lost with two Icelanders working in a harsh and sparsely populated area on the northeast coast of Greenland, Thóra is hired to investigate. Is there any connection with the disappearance of a woman from the site some months earlier? A
