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Book SynopsisA time capsule is unearthed from a school playground - containing a threat of deaths to come. As Freyja and Huldar look for the writer, the murders start...
Trade ReviewTHE RECKONING is another chilling, atmospheric tale from t
he undisputed Queen of Icelandic Noir. I loved it. -- Simon Kernick
There's no waffle in The Reckoning: it is
brutal, baroque and ends with a brilliant last-minute twist. * Evening Standard *
One of the
best books I've read for a long time:
dark, creepy, and gripping from beginning to end. -- Stuart MacBride, author of the
Logan McRae series
It's addictive, bleak, and
will give you thrills and chills in equal measures. * Cosmopolitan Magazine *
Yrsa Sigurdardóttir has with her
large-scale and genuinely intelligent stories attempted to find the core of Iceland's distinctive society, and thus pushed the Icelandic crime novel tradition many steps forward. -- Arne Dahl
Yrsa Sigurðardóttir's incredible gift of
mixing the macabre and the poignant, together with the astute observations of the ordinary life, sprinkled with a
dark sense of humour, keeps on giving in buckets. Her imagination knows no bounds,
turning the most ordinary objects into deadly weapons... The nuanced writing encompasses the thriller's overwhelming sense of doom as it explores the failings of the society to protect victims. -- Crime Review
A dark story by a brilliant author. A densely plotted, multifaceted and compelling book. Exceeds most novels in the thriller genre. -- Erik Axl Sund
Praise for THE LEGACY * : *
Iceland's
outstanding crime novelist * Daily Express *
Yrsa remains the queen of Icelandic thriller writers. * Guardian *
If you like your crime fiction
dark and engaging, look no further. THE LEGACY is
as brutal as it gets. A cracking start to a new series by Yrsa Sigurdardottir. * Mari Hannah, author of the DCI Kate Daniels series *
