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WINNER OF THE 2015 PETRONA AWARD
A Sunday Times 100 best crime novels and thrillers since 1945 pick

The most chilling novel yet from the Queen of Nordic Noir not to be missed for fans of Jo Nesbo and Stieg Larsson

Mummy dead The childs 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 grandmothers 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 fathers 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 yachts former owner And whose is the body that has washed up further along the shore

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