Yrsa Sigurðardóttir

Mentiras, el nuevo thriller de Yrsa Sigurðardóttir lo tiene todo para inquietarte: ambientado en una isla recóndita, escenarios espectaculares y una historia trepidante.Cuatro personas tienen que ir

Descubre a Yrsa Sigurðardóttir, la autora islandesa que ha atrapado a más de 5.000.000 de lectores. Premio Best Novel VLCNEGRA 2025 «La reina islandesa de la novela negra.» The GuardianUna mujer es a

Descubre a Yrsa Sigurðardóttir, la autora islandesa que ha atrapado a más de 5.000.000 de lectores. Premio Best Novel VLCNEGRA 2025 «La reina islandesa de la novela negra.» The GuardianUna mujer es a

Un couple entreprend de rénover une maison abandonnée dans les sauvages fjords de l'ouest de l'Islande. Leur amie Lif les suit parce qu'elle cherche à faire le deuil de son mari, récemment décédé. To

The first in an exciting new series from 'Iceland's outstanding crime novelist' (Daily Express) Yrsa Sigurdardottir, winner of the 2015 Petrona Award for best Scandinavian Crime Novel.The murder was meant as a punishment - but what sin could justify the method?The only person who might have answers is the victim's seven-year-old daughter, found hiding in the room where her mother died. And she's not talking. Newly promoted, out of his depth, detective Huldar turns to Freyja and the Children's House for their expertise with traumatised young people. Freyja, who distrusts the police in general and Huldar in particular, isn't best pleased. But she's determined to keep little Margret safe. It may prove tricky. The killer is leaving them strange clues: warnings in text messages, sums scribbled on bits of paper, numbers broadcast on the radio. He's telling a dark and secret story - but how can they crack the code? And if they do, will they be next?

A chilling modern horror novel from the author of THE SILENCE OF THE SEA, winner of the 2015 Petrona Award - perfect for fans of Let the Right One In.The light spilling in from the corridor would have to do. Though weak, it was sufficient to show Aldis 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 one of the youngest. A chill ran down her spine when he spoke again, without turning, as if he had eyes in the back of his head. ''Go away. Leave me alone.''''Come on. You shouldn''t be here.'' Aldis spoke gently, fairly sure now that the boy must be delirious. Confused, rather than dangerous.He turned, slowly and deliberately, and she glimpsed black eyes in a pale face. ''I wasn''t talking to you.''Aldis is working in a juvenile detention centre in rural Iceland. She witnesses something deeply disturbing in the middle of the night; soon afterwards, two of the boys at the centre are dead.Decades later, single father Odinn is looking into alleged abuse at the centre following the unexplained death of the colleague who was previously running the investigation. The more he finds out, though, the more it seems the odd events of the 1970s are linked to the accident that killed his ex-wife. Was her death something more sinister?Yrsa Sigurdardottir is a huge European bestseller both with her crime and horror novels. You might want to sleep with the light on after reading THE UNDESIRED...

well-written, pacey and wonderfully atmospheric - Guardian

A grisly, chilling Icelandic thriller from a fantastic new voice in crime fiction

Do not read late into the night A number one bestseller in Iceland in 2022 Can t Run Can t Hide is a masterclass in tension guaranteed to surprise and chill for fans of Catriona Ward CJ Tudor a

A creepy, compelling thriller, SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME is the fifth Th?ra Gudmundsd?ttir novel from Yrsa, 'Iceland's answer to Stieg Larsson' (Daily Telegraph). Berglind hurried to her son and pulled him forcefully from the window. She held him close and tried at the same time to wipe the windowpane. But the haze couldn't be wiped away. It was on the outside of the glass. P?si looked up at her. 'Magga's outside. She can't get in. She wants to look after me.' He pointed at the window and frowned. 'She's a little bit angry.' 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 murder connected to the death of Magga, killed in a hit and run on her way to babysit?

A 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 strangers struggle to find shelter on a windswept spike of rock in the middle of a raging sea.They have one thing in common: they all lied.And someone is determined to punish them...WHY DID YOU LIE is a terrifying tale of long-delayed retribution from Iceland''s Queen of Suspense.

En el corazón de Islandia, una antigua granja que, según los lugareños, está presa de un encantamiento, ha sido reconvertida en un centro de retiro espiritual de la onda new age. Cuando en el centro ocurre un macabro asesinato, su director queda en el punto de mira de la policía como principal sospechoso. Para preparar su defensa, el hombre recurre a Thora Gudmundsdottir, la abogada protagonista de El último ritual. Durante su investigación, Thora descubre una serie de terribles acontecimientos relacionados con la granja y acaecidos hace décadas... sucesos tan espantosos que han sido relegados al más profundo olvido.

El joven Harald aparece asesinado en la Facultad de Historia de Reykiavik. Le han sacado los ojos y su cuerpo ha sido marcado con extraños signos. Descontentos con la labor policial, sus padres, residentes en Alemania, contratan a una letrada islandesa, Dora, que contara con la ayuda de Matthew, el abogado aleman enviado por ellos. Ambos se embarcan en una investigacion que los llevara a una zona inhospita y salvaje de Islandia, donde tuvieron lugar decenas de ejecuciones por brujeria y donde parece hallarse la clave de un crimen inspirado en ancestrales rituales.

No hallarás nunca paz ni consuelo. Arde para siempre...Así reza la carta que, escrita con la propia sangre de su hijo Harald, recibe en Alemania Amelia Guntlieb, días después de que la policía islandesa encontrara el cadaver del muchacho en la Facultad de Historia de Reikiavik: un cadaver al que, ademas, le han sacado los ojos y esta marcado con extraños signos que dejan a los forenses entre el estupor y el espanto.Descontentos con el trabajo de la policia, y deseosos de que la verdad se descubra de la forma mas discreta posible, los padres del joven contratan los servicios de Dora, una letrada islandesa a la que ayudara Matthew, el abogado aleman que envia la familia.Dora y Matthew inician una investigacion que les llevara a una zona inhospita de Reikiavik en donde se llevaron a cabo ejecuciones de decenas de personas acusadas de brujeria. De regalo un compendio del libro sobre brujeria mas famoso en la Edad Media.

I love the Children's House series and Yrsa delivers again with The Doll. Such engaging characters and a compelling, twisted and creepy mystery - I couldn't put it down!' SHARI LAPENA'Yrsa is a wonderful storyteller. Her stories are atmospheric, mysterious and brilliantly plotted ...you will never see the twists coming' MARI HANNAH'A magnificent writer' KARIN SLAUGHTERIt was meant to be a quiet family fishing trip, a chance for mother and daughter to talk. But it changes the course of their lives forever. They catch nothing except a broken doll that gets tangled in the net.After years in the ocean, the doll a terrifying sight and the mother's first instinct is to throw it back, but she relents when her daughter pleads to keep it. This simple act of kindness proves fatal. That evening, the mother posts a picture of the doll on social media.By the morning, she is dead and the doll has disappeared. Several years later and Detective Huldar is in his least favourite place - on a boat in rough waters, searching for possible human remains. However, identifying the skeleton they find on the seabed proves harder than initially thought, and Huldar must draw on psychologist Freyja's experience to help him.As the mystery of the unidentified body deepens, Huldar is also drawn into an investigation of a homeless drug addict's murder, and Freyja investigates a suspected case of child abuse at a foster care home. What swiftly becomes clear is that the cases are linked through a single, missing, vulnerable witness: the young girl who wanted the doll all those years ago. Taut, terrifying and impossible to put down, The Doll cements Yrsa Sigurdardottir's reputation as a master of storytelling tension and surprise.

On a cold winter evening in a secluded fjord in Iceland a neighbour visits the house of a family that has not been seen in a week No one comes to the door when he knocks After breaking down the back door his worst fears are realised Their home is now an horrific crime scene Policeman Tr and forensic pathologist Iunn are called to the house to investigate As the case advances harrowing secrets about the family are revealed Along with a young policeman Karo the investigative team quickly realise that the case forces them to face their own suppressed past and opens a Pandora s box to much darker crimes Can t Run Can t Hide is a masterclass in tension from one of the world s finest crime writers

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