The Day is Dark

The Day is Dark

by YrsaSigurdardottir (Author)

Synopsis

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 disappearance of a woman from the site some months earlier? And why are the locals so hostile? Already an international bestseller, this fourth book to feature Thora Gudmundsdottir ('a delight' - Guardian) is chilling, unsettling and compulsively readable.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 432
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Published: 21 Jul 2011

ISBN 10: 144470009X
ISBN 13: 9781444700091
Book Overview: Chilling Icelandic crime from the author of LAST RITUALS, MY SOUL TO TAKE and ASHES TO DUST.

Media Reviews
'Put simply, it's terrifying. And brilliant.' Stylist 'Put simply, it's terrifying. And brilliant.' Stylist 'As with the other books in this series there is humour and warmth. Atmospheric, complex and compelling with an unexpected ending.' www.shotsmag.co.uk As with the other books in this series there is humour and warmth. Atmospheric, complex and compelling with an unexpected ending. www.shotsmag.co.uk Publishers 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 Times 'Sigurdardottir uses her novel to expose the impact of the modern world on remote Inuit communities.' The Canberra Times 'If you are looking for something a bit different try this Icelandic writer and her feisty lawyer heroine, Thora. ' Mail on Sunday 'Superbly atmospheric' Heat 'The twists and turns are as chilling as the weather ... [a] pageturner.' Bella It's another complex case for Thora, liveliest granny on the floes, and deeply satisfying for the warm-toed reader. Independent Henning Mankell and Stieg Larsson have helped make Scandinavian crime fiction a global phenomenon, but if you're looking for something a bit different try this Icelandic writer and her feisty lawyer heroine, Thora. Mail on Sunday
Author Bio
Yrsa Sigurdardottir works as a civil engineer and lives in Reykjavik. She wrote prize-winning children's novels before writing LAST RITUALS, her first adult novel.