Silence Of The Sea, The (Book 6 Of Thora Gudmundsdottir)

Description: The most chilling novel yet from Yrsa Sigurdardottir, an international bestseller at the height of her powers. 'Mummy dead.' The child's pure treble was uncomfortably clear. It was the last thing Brynjar - and doubtless the others - wanted to hear at that moment. 'Daddy dead.' It got worse. 'Adda dead. Bygga dead.' The child sighed and clutched her grandmother's leg. 'All dead.' A luxury yacht arrives in Reykjavik harbour with nobody on board. What has happened to the crew, and to the family who were on board when it left Lisbon? Thora Gudmundsdottir is hired by the young father's parents to investigate, and is soon drawn deeper into the mystery. What should she make of the rumours saying that the vessel was cursed, especially given that when she boards the yacht she thinks she sees one of the missing twins? Where is Karitas, the glamorous young wife of the yacht's former owner? And whose is the body that has washed up further along the shore? Review: A corker of a locked-room mystery, with one of the most dramatic twists in recent crime fiction. The Sunday Times An artfully constructed, highly entertaining read, more Golden Age than Nordic Noir ... until the very last page. Radio Times The writing is excellent, the investigation scrupulous and the outcome miserable. Literary Review Nordic Noir at its very best Irish Independent Author Biography: Yrsa Sigurdardottir works as a civil engineer and lives in Reykjavik. All her adult novels have been European bestsellers. Chilling Scandinavian crime from 'Iceland's answer to Stieg Larsson' - Daily Telegraph