The Wake by Yrsa Sigurdardottir

The Wake by Yrsa Sigurdardottir

Translated from Icelandic by Victoria Cribb

✨'The undisputed Queen of Icelandic Noir' Simon Kernick✨
✨'Yrsa is a magnificent writer' Karin Slaughter✨
✨'Dark, creepy and gripping' Stuart MacBride✨

AMONG THE MOURNERS AT A FUNERAL, ONE OF IS THEM IS A KILLER...

A group of young professionals travel to the Westman Islands off the coast of Iceland to attend an old friend's wake. Their reunion soon turns into a living nightmare, as the memories of a party they attended at university, and desperately tried to forget, come rushing back.

When two bodies are found on a rocky beach close to the refurbished lighthouse keeper's house that the group had stayed in, medical examiner Iðunn is sent to provide the local police assistance.

For Iðunn, who grew up on the island, this takes her back to the heart of her complex family and the ghosts of her own past she would prefer to keep at bay.

But as the deadly secrets soon become insurmountable, can any of them escape unscathed?

A chilling, isolated thriller form the legendary Icelandic crime writer and international bestseller, perfect for fans of C. J. Tudor and Ragnar Jónasson.

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.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781399722926
ISBN 10	1399722921
Title	The Wake
Author	Yrsa Sigurdardottir
Series	The Black Ice
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Hodder Paperbacks
Year published	2026-02-12
Number of pages	416
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