The Prey by Yrsa Sigurdardottir

The Prey by Yrsa Sigurdardottir

Translated from Icelandic by Victoria Cribb

Discover the utterly terrifying, chilling and gripping new novel from international bestseller YRSA SIGURDARDOTTIR, author of THE DOLL and GALLOWS ROCK

'Lyrical landscape descriptions combine with intimations of terrible events in the past in this haunting story' SUNDAY TIMES
'A generator of fear quite as adroit as Stephen King' THE INDEPENDENT
'A magnificent writer' KARIN SLAUGHTER
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THE FIRST PHONE CALL SHOCKS A FAMILY.

Kolbeinn has been called to his old home. The new owners uncovered some photos, and a muddied child's shoe bearing the name 'Salvor'. A name Kolbeinn doesn't recognise. Soon after, he hears news of his mother's deteriorating health. Her carers say she has been asking for her daughter, his sister: Salvor.

THE SECOND TRACKS TWO MISSING COUPLES.

Jóhanna is working with the search and rescue team in Höfn to find two couples from Reykjavik. Their phones' last location has been pinpointed to the road leading up into the highlands. In a harsh winter, the journey is treacherous, and they soon find the first body. More troubling, Johanna senses her team is being tracked through the snow.

A THIRD FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE?

Hjörvar works at the Stokksnes Radar Station in the highlands. He's alone when the phone connected to the gate rings: the first time it's done so since he began working there five months ago. When he answeres, he can only hear interference, and what sounds like a child's voice asking for her mother.

How are these events connected?

And what may be searching for its prey out on the ice?
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Praise for Yrsa Sigurdardottir's:

'Dark, creepy, and gripping from beginning to end' STUART MACBRIDE
'Yrsa gets better with each book' LIZ NUGENT
'The queen of Icelandic thriller writers' GUARDIAN
'Such engaging characters and a compelling, twisted and creepy mystery' SHARI LAPENA
'Atmospheric, mysterious and brilliantly plotted' MARI HANNAH
'Keeps us on the edge of our seats' INDEPENDENT
'Pacy dealing out of plot twists' SUNDAY TIMES CRIME CLUB

Praise for Yrsa Sigurdardottir - :
The undisputed Queen of Icelandic Noir -- Simon Kernick
Nail-biting. . Iceland's long dark nights are at their most minatory in Sigurdardottir's atmospheric thrillers * Financial Times *
One of the best books I've read for a long time: dark, creepy, and gripping from beginning to end -- Stuart MacBride
Sigurdardottir is as confident a writer as ever * The Sunday Times *
Praise for The Prey - :
Sigurdardottir's novels are always suffused with a sense of unease and her characters struggle with mental turmoil as well as hostile conditions. Lyrical landscape descriptions combine with intimations of terrible events in the past in this haunting story * Sunday Times CULTURE *
If you like your chilling thrillers ice-cold and with an epic plot twist, then look no further . . . another atmospheric, twisty thrill-fest from Sigurdardottir * Heat *
Sigurdardottir is a skilled hand and ties all her threads and twists together neatly, but it's her thrilling tale of a struggle to survive in freezing temperatures, under a sky that never seems to lighten, that provides the real chill factor here * Observer *
This Icelandic writer is the real horror deal * Peterborough Telegraph *
A supernatural Icelandic thriller that'll chill you to the bone * Buzz Magazine *
The Prey is an extraordinarily creepy mystery. Sigurdardottir can make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up whether describing the weird and wintry terrain of southern Iceland or the odd behaviour of a cat called Puss. The outer darkness reflects that within the characters. One of the doomed hikers asks herself: "Was there no end to the wretchedness and cruelty of the world?" The answer she receives will make your blood run cold * The Times *
Mesmerising and atmospheric, with entrancing descriptions of landscape * The Sunday Times (Culture) *

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. Victoria Cribb has translated over thirty-five books by Icelandic authors. Her translations of Moonstone and CoDex 1962 were both longlisted for the PEN America Translation Prize and in 2017 she received the Ordstír honorary translation award for services to Icelandic literature.

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ISBN 13	9781529377477
ISBN 10	1529377471
Title	The Prey
Author	Yrsa Sigurdardottir
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Hodder & Stoughton
Year published	2024-05-09
Number of pages	352
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