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The Silence of the Sea

Thora Gudmundsdottir Book 6

Yrsa Sigurdardottir author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Hodder & Stoughton

Published:26th Mar '15

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Chilling Scandinavian crime from 'Iceland's answer to Stieg Larsson' - Daily Telegraph

An abandoned yacht, a young family missing - chilling crime from the queen of Nordic Noir.

WINNER OF THE 2015 PETRONA AWARD
A Sunday Times '100 best crime novels and thrillers since 1945' pick!

The most chilling novel yet from the Queen of Nordic Noir, not to be missed for fans of Jo Nesbo and Stieg Larsson.

'Mummy dead.' The child's pure treble was uncomfortably clear. It was the last thing Brynjar - and doubtless the others - wanted to hear at that moment. 'Daddy dead.' It got worse. 'Adda dead. Bygga dead.' The child sighed and clutched her grandmother's leg. 'All dead.'

A luxury yacht arrives in Reykjavik harbour with nobody on board. What has happened to the crew, and to the family who were on board when it left Lisbon?

Thora Gudmundsdottir is hired by the young father's parents to investigate, and is soon drawn deeper into the mystery. What should she make of the rumours saying that the vessel was cursed, especially given that when she boards the yacht she thinks she sees one of the missing twins? Where is Karitas, the glamorous young wife of the yacht's former owner? And whose is the body that has washed up further along the shore?

A corker of a locked-room mystery, with one of the most dramatic twists in recent crime fiction. * The Sunday Times *
Iceland's answer to Stieg Larsson. * Daily Telegraph *
Yrsa is one of the most exciting new voices in the crime thriller world. -- Peter James
A gripping thriller with enough mystery and horror to keep you sitting on the edge of your seat while you try to work out what happened. -- Peter Robinson

  • Winner of Petrona Award for the Best Scandinavian Crime Novel of the Year 2015

ISBN: 9781444734485

Dimensions: 198mm x 157mm x 26mm

Weight: 283g

400 pages