The Sunday Times August Crime Book of the MonthA journalist on the track of an old case attempts suicide. An ordinary couple return from a house swap in the states to find their home in disarray and their guests seemingly missing. Four...

Winner of the Petrona Award 2015!From the queen of Icelandic crime fiction comes a truly chilling story that will leave readers breathless right up to the memorable ending. This is possibly her best book yet. Bestselling and...

Geisterfjord von Sigurdardottir, Yrsa

Tödliche Flammen, eiskalte Lügen ... Die Reykjavíker Anwältin Dóra Guðmundsdóttir nimmt einen alten Fall wieder auf: Jakob, ein junger Mann mit Down-Syndrom, soll einen Brand in seinem Behindertenheim gelegt haben, bei dem fünf Menschen...

Ein neues Ermittler-Duo aus Island Er schlägt erbarmungslos zu. Wie aus dem Nichts. Zuerst trifft es eine junge Mutter nachts in ihrer Wohnung in Reykjavik. Wenig später verliert eine zweite Frau unter brutalen Umständen ihr Leben. Der...

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...

Gallows Rock von Sigurdardottir, Yrsa

'well-written, pacey and wonderfully atmospheric' - Guardian von Sigurdardottir, Yrsa

The light spilling in from the corridor would have to do. Though weak, it was sufficient to show Aldís a boy sitting in the gloom at the furthest table. He had his back to her, so she couldn't see who it was, but could tell that he was...

The Reckoning is the stunning follow-up to The Legacy, which was the start of a thrilling new series that Booklist (starred) recommends for fans of Tana French. Vaka sits, regretting her choice of coat, on the cold steps of her new...

The Absolution is the third installment in Queen of Icelandic crime fiction Yrsa Sigurdardóttir's series about the psychologist Freyja and the police officer Huldar.The police find out about the crime the way everyone does: on Snapchat....

A banker hanged from Gallows Rock... An unknown child discovered in his flat... Iceland's Queen of Crime is back with a chillingly dark murder mystery. von Sigurdardottir, Yrsa