The Silence of the Sea A Thriller

by Sigurdardottir, Yrsa

• ISBN13: 9781250051486
• ISBN10: 1250051487
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2016-02-16
• Publisher: Minotaur Books

Summary

Winner of the Petrona Award 2015!

From the queen of Icelandic crime fiction comes a truly chilling story that will leave readers breathless right up to the memorable ending. This is possibly her best book yet. Bestselling and award-winning Icelandic crime author Yrsa Sigurdardóttir has produced here a dazzling display of brilliant crime writing that is both groundbreaking and immensely satisfying.

As The Silence of the Sea opens, a luxury yacht crashes into a Reykjavik pier. But the boat is empty; no one is on board. What has happened to the crew? And what has happened to the family who were very much present when the yacht left Lisbon?

What should Thora Gudmundsdottir, the series sleuth, make of the rumors that the vessel was cursed? She is spooked even more when she boards the yacht and thinks she sees one of the missing children. Where is Karitas, the glamorous young wife of the yacht's former owner? And whose is the body that has washed up further along the shore?

The most chilling novel yet from an international best-selling author at the height of her powers.

Author Biography

YRSA SIGURDARDÓTTIR (pronounced UR-suh SIG-ur-dar-daughter) lives with her family in Reykjavík. She is a director of one of Iceland's largest engineering firms. She is the bestselling and award-winning Icelandic crime author of the Thóra Gudmundsdóttir series as well as several stand-alone thrillers. In 2011 her stand-alone horror novel I Remember You was awarded the Icelandic Crime Fiction Award and was nominated for The Glass Key award. Her work is climbing bestseller lists all over the world—and has been translated into more than 30 languages—and films are currently in production for several of her books. Sigurjon Sighvatsson, an Icelandic-born Hollywood producer who has produced films including Killer Elite, Brothers, and Arlington Road, is producing a major Hollywood film of I Remember You and a TV series based on Thora.