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The Legacy: A Dark and Engaging Thriller Which is Impossible to Put Down
Yrsa Sigurdardottir
Freyja and Huldar, Fiction, Crime & mystery, Thriller / suspense, Fiction in translation
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- Paperback Jan 30, 2018 | 9781473621558 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Mar 23, 2017 | 9781473622739 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Mar 23, 2017 | 9781473621541 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
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Hodder & Stoughton
- Paperback Jan 30, 2018 | 9781473621558 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Mar 23, 2017 | 9781473622739 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Mar 23, 2017 | 9781473621541 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
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Hodder & Stoughton
- Paperback Jan 30, 2018 | 9781473621558 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Mar 23, 2017 | 9781473622739 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Mar 23, 2017 | 9781473621541 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
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The first in a thrilling new crime series from international bestseller and prizewinning author Yrsa Sigurdardottir.
The first in an exciting new series from 'Iceland's outstanding crime novelist' (Daily Express) Yrsa Sigurdardottir, winner of the 2015 Petrona Award for best Scandinavian Crime Novel.
The murder was meant as a punishment - but what sin could justify the method?
The only person who might have answers is the victim's seven-year-old daughter, found hiding in the room where her mother died. And she's not talking.
Newly promoted, out of his depth, detective Huldar turns to Freyja and the Children's House for their expertise with traumatised young people. Freyja, who distrusts the police in general and Huldar in particular, isn't best pleased. But she's determined to keep little Margret safe.
It may prove tricky. The killer is leaving them strange clues: warnings in text messages, sums scribbled on bits of paper, numbers broadcast on the radio. He's telling a dark and secret story - but how can they crack the code? And if they do, will they be next?
Praise for The Legacy: A Dark and Engaging Thriller Which is Impossible to Put Down
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Iceland's outstanding crime novelist - Daily Express
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The Legacy is the start of an exciting new direction for Yrsa Sigurdardottir. The horror of a decades-old family separation provides the catalyst for dark crimes and a complex investigation. The Children's House promises to be an outstanding series.
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The Icelandic queen of Nordic Noir, Yrsa Sigurdardottir's writing manages to be both spare but sinister. Expect goosebumps to sprout while reading this tale of murder, abuse and other worldly shenanigans in rural Iceland. - Red Magazine on THE UNDESIRED
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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