Yrsa Sigurðardóttir

In der Universität von Reykjavík wird die Leiche eines jungen Deutschen gefunden. Der Geschichtsstudent war fasziniert von alten Hexenkulten, und sein Mörder hat ihm ein merkwürdiges Zeichen in die H

"Brutal und schonungslos. Spannend bis zur letzten Seite." rbb InforadioEr schlagt erbarmungslos zu. Wie aus dem Nichts. Zuerst trifft es eine junge Familienmutter nachts in ihrer Wohnung in Reykjavik. Einzige Zeugin ist ihre siebenjahrige Tochter, die wider Erwarten den Angriff ubersteht. Als wenig spater eine zweite Frau unter ahnlich brutalen Vorzeichen ihr Leben verliert, steht die Polizei vor einem Ratsel. Kommissar Huldar, der die Ermittlungen leitet und sich erstmals in einem so wichtigen Fall beweisen muss, hat daruber hinaus ein weiteres Problem. Er ist gezwungen, mit der Psychologin Freyja zusammenzuarbeiten, mit der er vor kurzem nach einer Kneipentour unter falschen Angaben die Nacht verbracht hat. Wahrenddessen beschliet ein junger Amateurfunker, auf eigene Faust zu ermitteln, nachdem ihn kryptische Botschaften zu den beiden Opfern erreichen. Dass er sich damit selbst in Gefahr bringt, kann er nicht wissen.Der erste Band der Erfolgsreihe um Kommissar Huldar und Psychologin Freyja.

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, récemmen

La violenta erupción de un volcán sepulta una pequeña población de Islandia, borrando las evidencias de unos extraños asesinatos. Hasta hoy...La violenta erupción de un volcán en Islandia obliga a desalojar una pequeña isla. Las cenizas y la lava sepultan una poblacion. Sus habitantes se ven en la necesidad de iniciar una nueva vida en duras condiciones, y muchos abandonan la isla.Treinta años despues aquel trauma parece superado, pero el proyecto Pompeya del Norte decide desenterrar algunas de las viviendas. En las excavaciones de una de las casas, junto a objetos y utensilios cotidianos, se realiza un hallazgo sorprendente: cuatro cadaveres habian quedado ocultos por las cenizas todo ese tiempo sin que nadie sospechara de su existencia.Una abogada se ve forzada a investigar que habia ocurrido realmente con aquellos cuerpos y como habian llegado alli. La evidencia de un antiguo crimen hara aflorar una sordida historia de violencia que parece no haber finalizado todavia, estremeciendo la aparentemente tranquila vida de un pueblo de pescadores.

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...

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 contará con la ayuda de Matthew, el abogado alemán enviado por ellos. Ambos se embarcan en una investigación que los llevará a una zona inhóspita y salvaje de Islandia, donde tuvieron lugar decenas de ejecuciones por brujería 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.

Was zwang die Freunde, sich mitten im harten Winter im islandischen Hochland zu bewegen, in Dunkelheit und Schneesturmen? Und warum verlieen sie das kleine Obdach, das sie hatten, kaum bekleidet und den harten Bedingungen vollkommen ausgeliefert? Ein Rettungsteam wird in die abgeschiedene Gegend geschickt, um nach den Vermissten zu suchen. Wahrenddessen gehen an der einsam gelegenen Radarstation in Stokksnes seltsame Dinge vor sich. Nichts ist so, wie es scheint: Sei es die Blutlache, die im unberuhrten Schnee fernab der Zivilisation entdeckt wird, oder der kleine Kinderschuh, der Jahrzehnte nach der Vergrabung wiedergefunden wird.Angesiedelt in der grandiosen islandischen Landschaft, beschreibt Yrsa Sigurdardottir uberzeugend, wie das Gehirn uns in Ausnahmesituationen tauschen kann. Die Ikone des skandinavischen Thrillers beherrscht das Spiel mit der Imagination, der schmalen Grenze zwischen Einbildung und Realitat, perfekt und zeigt mit 'SCHNEE' ihr ganzes Konnen.

well-written, pacey and wonderfully atmospheric - Guardian

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?

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.

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

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.

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

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

Une poupée retrouvée par hasard dans un filet de pêche, des ossements remontés des profondeurs de l’océan, des accusations d’abus sexuels sur mineurs : quel peut bien être le lien entre toutes ces af