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The first in a thrilling new crime series from international bestseller and prizewinning author Yrsa Sigurdardottir.

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The first in an exciting new series from the author of THE SILENCE OF THE SEA, winner of the 2015 Petrona Award for best Scandinavian Crime Novel.

The murder was meant as a punishment - but what sin could justify the method?

The only person who might have answers is the victim´s seven-year-old daughter, found hiding in the room where her mother died. And she´s not talking.

Newly promoted, out of his depth, detective Huldar turns to Freyja and the Children´s House for their expertise with traumatised young people. Freyja, who distrusts the police in general and Huldar in particular, isn´t best pleased. But she´s determined to keep little Margret safe.

It may prove tricky. The killer is leaving them strange clues: warnings in text messages, sums scribbled on bits of paper, numbers broadcast on the radio. He´s telling a dark and secret story - but how can they crack the code? And if they do, will they be next?

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Iceland´s outstanding crime novelist Daily Express

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Sigurdardottir, Yrsa
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. The second instalment in the Thora Gudmundsdottir series, MY SOUL TO TAKE, was shortlisted for the 2010 Shamus Award. In 2011 her stand-alone horror novel I REMEMBER YOU was awarded the Icelandic Crime Fiction Award and was nominated for The Glass Key, and has been made intoa film starring Jóhannes Haukur by ZikZak Filmworks. In 2015 THE SILENCE OF THE SEA won the Petrona Award for the year´s best Scandinavian crime novel, and THE LEGACY, the first novel in the Freyja and Huldar series, was nominated for The Glass Key and won the Icelandic Crime Fiction Award. All of her books have been European bestsellers.

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