The Depths: A chilling locked-room mystery from the legendary international bestselling author

Yrsa Sigurdardottir

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Just how low do people sink to get away with murder?

A human skull unearthed on the outskirts of Reykjavik.

A neighbourhood dispute turned deadly.

A daughter, trapped at sea, looking for answers.

What police officers Tyr and Karo don't know is that these events are all linked through a terrible tragedy, many years ago, when a trawler caught fire on the waves, the crew trapped inside.

The answers lie buried at the bottom of the barren Icelandic Sea.

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Praise for The Depths: A chilling locked-room mystery from the legendary international bestselling author

  • PRAISE FOR YRSA SIGURDARDOTTIRThe undisputed Queen of Icelandic noirA generator of fear as adroit as Stephen King - IndependentSigurdardottir makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up - The Times

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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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