The Wake
Five friends. One devastating reunion. The new thriller from the legendary Icelandic bestseller
$63.39
- Hardcover
416 pages
- Release Date
19 January 2026
Summary
‘The undisputed Queen of Icelandic Noir’ Simon Kernick
AMONG THE MOURNERS AT A FUNERAL, ONE OF THEM IS A KILLER…
A group of young professionals travel to the Westmann 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 …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781399722889 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1399722883 |
| Author: | Yrsa Sigurdardottir |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 19 January 2026 |
| Weight: | 639g |
| Dimensions: | 238mm x 162mm x 38mm |
| Series: | The Black Ice |
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About 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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