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A mother and daughter embark on a fishing trip on the Reykjavik coast, but their only catch is a horribly mutilated doll, Disa's first instinct is to throw it straight back in the water, but her daughter, Rosa, pleads to keep it, Later that same night, they post a photo of their gruesome find on social media,
By the morning, the mother is dead and the doll has disappeared,
Five years later, Detective Huldar finds himself in the place he hates the most: on a boat in rough seas, scouring the sea bed for evidence of skeletal remains, Meanwhile child psychologist Freyja is investigating claims of misconduct in a care home - where she comes to hear of a young woman named Rosa, who is convinced her mother was the innocent victim of a much wider conspiracy, and will stop at nothing to find the truth , , ,
A terrifying and gripping novel for fans of Karin Slaughter, Kathy Reichs and Chris Carter, this is a thriller that will make you want to sleep with the lights on , , ,
Info autore
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.
Riassunto
It was meant to be a quiet family fishing trip, a chance for mother and daughter to talk. But it changes the course of their lives forever.
They catch nothing except a broken doll that gets tangled in the net. After years in the ocean, the doll a terrifying sight and the mother's first instinct is to throw it back, but she relents when her daughter pleads to keep it. This simple act of kindness proves fatal. That evening, the mother posts a picture of the doll on social media. By the morning, she is dead and the doll has disappeared.
Several years later and Detective Huldar is in his least favourite place - on a boat in rough waters, searching for possible human remains. However, identifying the skeleton they find on the seabed proves harder than initially thought, and Huldar must draw on psychologist Freyja's experience to help him. As the mystery of the unidentified body deepens, Huldar is also drawn into an investigation of a homeless drug addict's murder, and Freyja investigates a suspected case of child abuse at a foster care home.
What swiftly becomes clear is that the cases are linked through a single, missing, vulnerable witness: the young girl who wanted the doll all those years ago.
Taut, terrifying and impossible to put down, The Doll cements Yrsa Sigurdardottir's reputation as a master of storytelling tension and surprise.
Prefazione
Detective Huldar and psychologist Freyja are once again on the trail of a serial killer in this brilliant new novel from the internationally acclaimed author of Gallows Rock and The Silence of the Sea.
Testo aggiuntivo
Broody Icelandic thriller
