Absolution A Menacing Icelandic Thriller, Gripping from Start to End
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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. The second instalment in the Thora Gudmundsdottir series, MY SOUL TO TAKE, was shortlisted for the 2010 Shamus Award. In 2011 her stand-alone horror novel I REMEMBER YOU was awarded the Icelandic Crime Fiction Award and was nominated for The Glass Key, and has been made intoa film starring Jóhannes Haukur by ZikZak Filmworks. In 2015 THE SILENCE OF THE SEA won the Petrona Award for the year's best Scandinavian crime novel, and THE LEGACY, the first novel in the Freyja and Huldar series, was nominated for The Glass Key and won the Icelandic Crime Fiction Award. 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.Freyja and Huldar are <b>one of the most intriguing crime detecting partnerships around</b> and THE ABSOLUTION is a gripping, fascinating insight into the dark side of social media and children at risk. THE ABSOLUTION confirms Yrsa as<b> a master storyteller</b> with a satisfyingly slanted view of the world she recreates.
- William Ryan, author of <i>A House of Ghosts</i>,
<b>Yrsa Sigurdardottir gets better and better with each book. </b>The relationships and the humour lighten the darkest plot.
- Liz Nugent, author of <i>Skin Deep</i>,
Sigurdardottir doesn't shy away from the hideous effects of bullying, combining a tough novel about a grim social phenomenon with <b>a fast-paced plot</b>
The Sunday Times
Praise for Yrsa Sigurdardottir's Freyja and Huldar series
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Yrsa is a <b>magnificent </b>writer.
- Karin Slaughter,
One of the best books I've read for a long time: <b>dark, creepy, and gripping</b> from beginning to end.
- Stuart MacBride, author of the Logan McRae series,
THE RECKONING is another <b>chilling, atmospheric</b> tale from the undisputed Queen of Icelandic Noir. <b>I loved it.</b>
- Simon Kernick,
Iceland's <b>outstanding </b>crime novelist
Daily Express
Yrsa Sigurdardóttir has with her <b>large-scale and genuinely intelligent</b> stories attempted to find the core of Iceland's distinctive society, and thus pushed the Icelandic crime novel tradition many steps forward.
- Arne Dahl,
A dark story by a brilliant author. A densely plotted, multifaceted and compelling book. Exceeds most novels in the thriller genre.
- Eric Axl Sund,
If you like your crime fiction<b> dark and engaging</b>, look no further. THE LEGACY is <b>as brutal as it gets</b>. A cracking start to a new series by Yrsa Sigurdardottir.
- Mari Hannah, author of the DCI Kate Daniels series,
There's no waffle in The Reckoning: it is <b>brutal, baroque and ends with a brilliant</b> last-minute twist.
Evening Standard
It's addictive, bleak, and will give you thrills and chills in equal measures.
Cosmopolitan Magazine
Yrsa remains<b> the queen of Icelandic thriller</b> writers.
Guardian
Credited as the queen of Icelandic crime, Sigurdardottir's story about the dark side of school and social media is <b>as gripping as it is grisly</b>
Heat