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- Paperback Jun 14, 2011 | 9781444700077 | RRP $22.99 Buy Now
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- Paperback Jun 14, 2011 | 9781444700077 | RRP $22.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Oct 20, 2022 | 9781399711241 | RRP $39.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Jul 22, 2010 | 9781848945746 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
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Hodder & Stoughton
- Paperback Jun 14, 2011 | 9781444700077 | RRP $22.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Oct 20, 2022 | 9781399711241 | RRP $39.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Jul 22, 2010 | 9781848945746 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
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Chilling Icelandic crime from the author of LAST RITUALS and MY SOUL TO TAKE.
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 God,' she said. She ran the light over the three faces, one after another. Sunken cheeks, empty eye-sockets, gaping mouths; they reminded her of photographs of mummies she'd once seen in National Geographic. 'Who are these people?'
'I don t know,' said Markus...
Bodies are discovered in one of the excavated houses at a volcanic tourist attraction dubbed 'The Pompeii of the North'.
Markus Magnusson, who was only a teenager when the volcano erupted, falls under suspicion and hires attorney Thora Gudmundsdottir to defend him - but when his childhood sweetheart is murdered his case starts to look more difficult, and the locals seem oddly reluctant to back him up...
The third crime novel from international bestseller Yrsa Sigurdardottir, and the third featuring her popular heroine Thora, ASHES TO DUST is tense, taut and terrifying.
Praise for Ashes to Dust: Thora Gudmundsdottir Book 3
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Publishers and blurb writers are competing to hail the new monarch of Nordic crime fiction.. I would be tempted to offer a name not from the obvious crime soil of Sweden or Norway, but from bleak and moody Iceland... - Marcel Berlins, The Times
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A chilling read, enhanced by Sigurdardottir's taut plotting, realistic characters, and dry humour. - Metro Crime Books of the Year
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Stands comparison with the finest contemporary crime writing anywhere in the world - TLS
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I can see why so many people are enthusiastic about Yrsa's work. It's very engaging, fresh and exciting. - James Patterson (on LAST RITUALS)
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She is entitled to join the front ranks of Nordic crime writers. - The Times
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A fascinating setting and realistic characters make this an engrossing read - and Sigurdardottir maintains the intrigue as her clever plot unravels - Metro
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Brilliantly plotted and chilling - Daily Mirror
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An absorbing mystery . . . Sigurdardottir makes the island under hot lava just as atmospherically chilling as she made Iceland's dark winters in her two prior novels - The Times
Yrsa Sigurdardottir
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. The second instalment in the Thora Gudmundsdottir series, MY SOUL TO TAKE, was shortlisted for the 2010 Shamus Award. In 2011 her stand-alone horror novel I REMEMBER YOU was awarded the Icelandic Crime Fiction Award and was nominated for The Glass Key, and has been made intoa film starring JA hannes Haukur by ZikZak Filmworks. In 2015 THE SILENCE OF THE SEA won the Petrona Award for the year's best Scandinavian crime novel, and THE LEGACY, the first novel in the Freyja and Huldar series, was nominated for The Glass Key and won the Icelandic Crime Fiction Award. All of her books have been European bestsellers.
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