Gallows Rock
A Nail-Biting Icelandic Thriller With Twists You Won't See Coming
$62.36
- Hardcover
384 pages
- Release Date
19 August 2020
Summary
‘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…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781473693395 |
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| ISBN-10: | 147369339X |
| Author: | Yrsa Sigurdardottir |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 19 August 2020 |
| Weight: | 597g |
| Dimensions: | 236mm x 158mm x 42mm |
| Series: | Freyja and Huldar |
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Praise for Gallows Rock - :
Nail-biting… Iceland’s long dark nights are at their most minatory in Siguroardottir’s atmospheric thrillers - Financial TimesSigurdardottir is as confident a writer as ever - The Sunday TimesThe 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 TelegraphSiguroardottir hooks her readers very quickly… Eventually, justice is done and the loose ends are satisfactorily tied up - Literary ReviewPacey dealing out of the plot twists amid uniquely Icelandic characters and circumstances - The Sunday Times Crime ClubYou’ll devour it with fascination and you’ll be head over heels with Siguroardottir’s writing - Daily RecordPacks an all too timely punch - 5 Stars - HeatAbout The Author
Yrsa Sigurdardottir
Yrsa Sigurdardottir, born in Reykjavik, Iceland, in 1963, is the author of the bestselling Thora Gudmundsdottir crime series and several stand-alone thrillers. Working 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.
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