Gallows Rock A Nail-Biting Icelandic Thriller With Twists You Won't See Coming
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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. 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.<b>Praise for <i>Gallows Rock</i></b>
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Nail-biting... Iceland's long dark nights are at their most minatory in Sigurðardóttir's atmospheric thrillers
Financial Times
Sigurdardottir is as confident a writer as ever
The Sunday Times
The multi-award winning Icelandic writer has a growing UK fan base. The fourth thriller featuring child psychologist Freyja and detective Hulder, is as chilling as Scandi noir should be
Peterborough Telegraph
Sigurðardóttir hooks her readers very quickly... Eventually, justice is done and the loose ends are satisfactorily tied up
Literary Review
Pacey dealing out of the plot twists amid uniquely Icelandic characters and circumstances
The Sunday Times Crime Club
You'll devour it with fascination and you'll be head over heels with Sigurðardóttir's writing
Daily Record
Packs an all too timely punch - 5 Stars
Heat
Well-paced police procedural with a twist you may not see coming
Choice Magazine
Praise for Yrsa Sigurdardottir's Freyja and Huldar series
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Yrsa remains<b> the queen of Icelandic thriller</b> writers.
Guardian
It's addictive, bleak, and will give you thrills and chills in equal measures.
Cosmopolitan Magazine
There's no waffle in The Reckoning: it is <b>brutal, baroque and ends with a brilliant</b> last-minute twist.
Evening Standard
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,
A dark story by a brilliant author. A densely plotted, multifaceted and compelling book. Exceeds most novels in the thriller genre.
- Eric Axl Sund,
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,
Iceland's <b>outstanding </b>crime novelist
Daily Express
THE RECKONING is another <b>chilling, atmospheric</b> tale from the undisputed Queen of Icelandic Noir. <b>I loved it.</b>
- Simon Kernick,
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,
Yrsa is a <b>magnificent </b>writer.
- Karin Slaughter,
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>,
'Iceland's outstanding crime novelist' Daily Express
On a jagged, bleak lava field just outside Reykjavik stands the Gallows Rock. Once a place of execution, it is now a tourist attraction. Until this morning, when a man was found hanging from it...
The nail embedded in his chest proves it wasn't suicide. But when the police go to his flat, a further puzzle awaits: a four-year-old boy has been left there. He doesn't seem to have any link with the victim, his parents cannot be found, and his drawings show he witnessed something terrible.
As detective Huldar hunts the killer, and child psychologist Freyja looks for the boy's parents, the mystery unfolds: a story of violence, entitlement, and revenge.
Praise for Yrsa Sigurdardottir
'Iceland's outstanding crime novelist' Daily Express
'A magnificent writer' Karin Slaughter
'The undisputed queen of Icelandic Noir' Simon Kernick
'Believe all the hype - this is crime at its best' Heat
NetGalley Reader Reviews
'Just as compelling as the previous books in the series. All of Yrsa Sigurðardóttir's books are extremely well written and a joy to read. There is plenty of suspense and twists in this story (. . .) I read this book in one sitting, I was unable to put it down. Highly recommended'
'There is such a skill to the author's writing, the way in which she creates tension and atmosphere and uses setting to bring and edge to the story, that it is difficult to put down. And she brings such a range of emotions out in me as a reader that I feel slightly battered myself when I finish reading . . . Truly powerful storytelling and characters I have come to love'
'I was hooked from the very first page and enthralled and completely drawn in throughout the book. (. . .) This is a story which builds and weaves perfectly. It's so twisty'
'Twists galore and a surprising ending, this is a book you'll want to devour in one sitting'
A banker hanged from Gallows Rock... An unknown child discovered in his flat...
Iceland's Queen of Crime is back with a chillingly dark murder mystery.