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Ashes to Dust by Yrsa Sigurdardottir
38.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Thora peered at the floor, but couldn't see anything that could have frightened Markus that much, only three mounds of dust. She moved the light of her torch over them. It took her some time to realize what she was seeing - and then it was all she could do not to let the torch slip from her hand. 'Good ...Show more
Gallows Rock by Yrsa Sigurdardottir
37.99 NZD
Category: Crime Fiction | Series: Freyja and Huldar Ser.
On a jagged, bleak lava field just outside Reykjavik stands the Gallows Rock. Once a place of execution, it is now a tourist attraction. Until this morning, when a man was found hanging from it... The nail embedded in his chest proves it wasn't suicide. But when the police go to his flat, a further puz ...Show more
I Remember You by Yrsa Sigurdardottir
36.99 NZD
Category: Thriller
This horrifying thriller, partly based on a true story, is the scariest novel yet from an international bestseller. The crunching noise had resumed, now accompanied by a disgusting, indefinable smell. It could best be described as a blend of kelp and rotten meat. The voice spoke again, now slightly lou ...Show more
Last Rituals by Yrsa Sigurdardottir
38.99 NZD
Category: Fiction
A young man is found brutally murdered, his eyes gouged out. A student of Icelandic history in Reykjavik, he came from a wealthy German family who do not share the police's belief that his drug dealer murdered him. Attorney Thora Gudmundsdottir is commissioned by his mother to find out the truth, with t ...Show more
My Soul to Take by Yrsa Sigurdardottir
38.99 NZD
Category: Fiction
If I die before I wake.A grisly murder is committed at a health resort situated in a recently renovated farmhouse, which turns out to be notorious for being haunted. Attorney Thora Gudmundsdottir is called upon by the owner of the resort - the prime suspect in the case - to represent him. Her investigat ...Show more
Someone to Watch Over Me by Yrsa Sigurdardottir
39.99 NZD
Category: Crime Fiction | Series: Thora Gudmundsdottir Ser.
A creepy, compelling thriller, SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME is the fifth Th?ra Gudmundsd?ttir novel from Yrsa, 'Iceland's answer to Stieg Larsson' (Daily Telegraph). Berglind hurried to her son and pulled him forcefully from the window. She held him close and tried at the same time to wipe the windowpane. B ...Show more
The Day is Dark by Yrsa Sigurdardottir
39.99 NZD
Category: Thriller
When all contact is lost with two Icelanders working in a harsh and sparsely populated area on the northeast coast of Greenland, Thora is hired to investigate. Is there any connection with the disappearance of a woman from the site some months earlier? And why are the locals so hostile? Already an inter ...Show more
The Doll by Yrsa Sigurdardottir
27.99 NZD
Category: Crime Fiction | Series: Freyja and Huldar Ser.
'I love the Children's House series and Yrsa delivers again with The Doll. Such engaging characters and a compelling, twisted and creepy mystery - I couldn't put it down!' SHARI LAPENA'Yrsa is a wonderful storyteller. Her stories are atmospheric, mysterious and brilliantly plotted ... you will never see ...Show more
The Doll by Yrsa Sigurdardottir
37.99 NZD
Category: Crime Fiction | Series: Freyja and Huldar Ser.
'I love the Children's House series and Yrsa delivers again with The Doll. Such engaging characters and a compelling, twisted and creepy mystery - I couldn't put it down!' SHARI LAPENA 'Yrsa is a wonderful storyteller. Her stories are atmospheric, mysterious and brilliantly plotted ... you will never se ...Show more
The Fallout by Yrsa Sigurdardottir
37.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: Freyja and Huldar Ser.
'A magnificent writer' KARIN SLAUGHTERA murdered woman. A missing child. And a father intent on revenge.On a cold day in Reykjavik, a baby goes missing from her pram. When the child's blanket washes up on the beach, and the mother is found dead, everyone's worst fears seem to have been realised.Eleven y ...Show more
The Legacy by Yrsa Sigurdardottir
37.99 NZD
Category: Crime Fiction | Series: Children's House
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 only witness to a shocking murder is the victim's seven-year-old daughter, Margret. The police turn to the Children's House for their expertise in childh ...Show more
The Reckoning by Yrsa Sigurdardottir; Victoria Cribb (Translator)
24.99 NZD
Category: Crime Fiction | Series: Freyja and Huldar Ser.
'Yrsa is a magnificent writer' Karin Slaughter A chilling note written by a thirteen-year-old predicting the deaths of six people is found in a time capsule, ten years after it was buried. Can it be a real threat? Detective Huldar turns to psychologist Freyja to help understand the child who hid the mes ...Show more