The Wake, 9781399722896
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Island wake, dark secrets, deadly reunion, no one escapes unscathed.

The Wake

five friends. one devastating reunion. the new thriller from the legendary icelandic bestseller

$31.93

  • Paperback

    416 pages

  • Release Date

    13 October 2025

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Summary

The Wake: An Icelandic Noir Thriller

‘The undisputed Queen of Icelandic Noir’ Simon Kernick

AMONG THE MOURNERS AT A FUNERAL, ONE OF IS 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.

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781399722896
ISBN-10:1399722891
Series:The Black Ice
Author:Yrsa Sigurdardottir
Publisher:Hodder & Stoughton
Imprint:Hodder & Stoughton
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:416
Release Date:13 October 2025
Weight:510g
Dimensions:234mm x 152mm x 34mm
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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