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Zusatztext Yrsa Sigurdardottir gets better and better with each book. The relationships and the humour lighten the darkest plot. Informationen zum Autor 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. 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. Klappentext On a lava field outside Reykjavik the Gallows Rock looms as a morbid reminder of historical executions, and plays host to modern-day violence when a murder victim is found there alongside a mysterious abandoned child with no obvious connection to the deceased. The "Daily Express" single out Sigurdardottir as 'Iceland's outstanding crime novelist'. Zusammenfassung A banker hanged from Gallows Rock... An unknown child discovered in his flat... Iceland's Queen of Crime is back with a chillingly dark murder mystery.
