The Absolution - A Freyja and Huldar Thriller

The new novel from the internationally bestselling, prizewinning, queen of Icelandic crime. The police find out about the crime the way everyone does: on Snapchat. The video shows the terrified victim begging for forgiveness. When her body is found, it is marked with a number 2... Detective Huldar joins the investigation, bringing child psychologist Freyja on board to help question the murdered teenager's friends. Soon, they uncover that Stella was far from the angel people claim - but even so, who could have hated her enough to kill? Then another teenager goes missing, and more clips are sent. Freyja and Huldar can agree on two things at least: the truth is far from simple. And the killer is not done yet. A brilliantly suspenseful story about the dark side of social media, The Absolution will make you wonder what you should have said sorry for... Praise for Yrsa Sigurdardottir 'Iceland's outstanding crime novelist' Daily Express 'A magnificent writer' Karin Slaughter 'The undisputed queen of Icelandic Noir ' Simon Kernick ' Believe all the hype - this is crime at its best .' Heat

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THE RECKONING is another chilling, atmospheric tale from the undisputed Queen of Icelandic Noir. I loved it. Simon Kernick

Product details

• Authors: Yrsa Sigurdardottir, Yrsa Sigurdardóttir
• Assisted by: Victoria Cribb (Translation)
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2019
• EAN: 9781473621619
• ISBN: 978-1-4736-2161-9
• No. of pages: 391
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 233 mm x 28 mm
• Series: Freyja and Huldar; Freyja and Huldar
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense > Crime fiction, thrillers, espionage; FICTION / Thrillers / Psychological, Iceland, Fiction in translation, TRAVEL / Europe / Iceland & Greenland, Thriller / suspense fiction, Thriller / suspense