The Day is Dark: Thora Gudmundsdottir Book 4

Yrsa Sigurdardottir

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When all contact is lost with two Icelanders working in a harsh and sparsely populated area on the northeast coast of Greenland, Thora is hired to investigate.

Is there any connection with the woman who vanished from the site some months earlier Why are the locals so hostile And could one of the team staying at the site with Thora be responsible for the disappearances

Already an international bestseller, this fourth book to feature Thora Gudmundsdottir ('a delight' - Guardian) is chilling, unsettling and compulsively readable.

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Praise for The Day is Dark: Thora Gudmundsdottir Book 4

  • Put simply, it's terrifying. And brilliant. - StylistAs with the other books in this series there is humour and warmth. Atmospheric, complex and compelling with an unexpected ending. - www.shotsmag.co.ukThis Nordic mystery proves colder, bleaker and more introspective than most: Scandi-noir extreme. - i Magazine, IndependentPublishers and blurb writers are competing to hail the new monarch of Nordic crime fiction . . . I would be tempted to offer a name not from the obvious crime soil of Sweden or Norway, but from bleak and moody Iceland . . . - Marcel Berlins, The TimesSuperbly atmospheric - HeatThe twists and turns are as chilling as the weather . . . [a] pageturner - BellaIt's another complex case for Thora, liveliest granny on the floes, and deeply satisfying for the warm-toed reader. - IndependentIf you are looking for something a bit different try this Icelandic writer and her feisty lawyer heroine, Thora. - Mail on Sunday

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Yrsa Sigurdardottir

Yrsa Sigurdardottir

Author of the bestselling Thora Gudmundsdottir crime series and several stand-alone thrillers, Yrsa Sigurdardottir was born in Reykjavik, Iceland, in 1963 and works as a civil engineer. She made her crime fiction debut in 2005 with LAST RITUALS, the first instalment in the Thora Gudmundsdottir series, and has been translated into more than 30 languages. Her work stands 'comparison with the finest contemporary crime writing anywhere in the world' according to the Times Literary Supplement. In 2015 THE SILENCE OF THE SEA won the Petrona Award for the year's best Scandinavian crime novel. All of her books have been European bestsellers.

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