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by Johana Gustawsson (Author), David Warriner (Translator)

An art expert joins a detective to investigate a horrific murder on a Swedish island, leading them to a mystery rooted in Viking rites and Scandinavia's deepest, darkest winter. The Queen of French Noir returns with a chilling, utterly captivating gothic thriller, based on a true story. FIRST in the The Lidingö Mysteries series.

Scarier than anything ... a dark, dark slice of atmospheric Scandi Noir Heat magazine *Book of the Month*

The pace steadily accelerates as Gustawsson orchestrates her plot with breathless ingenuity. A successful page-turner from a rising star Financial Times

Gustawsson's writing is so vivid, it's electrifying Peter James

** Winner of the Livre de Poche Readers Crime of the Year and Cultura Ligue de l'Imaginaire Award**

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Don't

Art expert Emma Lindahl is anxious when she's asked to appraise the antiques and artefacts in the infamous manor house of one of Sweden's wealthiest families, on the island of Storholmen, where a young woman was murdered nine years earlier, her killer never found.

Emma must work alone, and with the Gussman family apparently avoiding her, she sees virtually no one in the house. Do they have something to hide?

Trust

As she goes about her painstaking work and one shocking discovery yields clues that lead to another, Emma becomes determined to uncover the secrets of the house and its occupants.

When the lifeless body of another young woman is found in the icy waters surrounding the island, Detective Karl Rosén arrives to investigate, and memories of his failure to solve the first case come rushing back. Could this young woman's tragic death somehow hold the key?

Anyone

Battling her own demons, Emma joins forces with Karl to embark upon a chilling investigation, plunging them into horrifying secrets from the past - Viking rites and tainted love - and Scandinavia's deepest, darkest winter...

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PRAISE FOR JOHANA GUSTAWSSON

Remember her name. Johana Gustawsson has become a leading figure in French crime fiction [and] Yule Island is impossible to put down Le Monde

Wonderfully dark and intricately woven ... will have you hooked from the very first page B A Paris

Johana Gustawsson has become the queen of the French thriller genre Le Point

Intriguingly dark and vivid, and so cleverly told Essie Fox

A gripping story of murder and black magic ...Gustawsson slowly weaves together three seemingly disparate strands of her narrative with a skill that shows why she is such an admired crime writer in her native France The Times

A wonderfully creepy, unsettling read, with a superb twist in its tail James Oswald

Bewitching and wonderfully gothic Sunday Express

Johana Gustawsson brilliantly illuminates the depths of the human heart' Le Figaro

A whirlpool that draws you irresistibly into levels of darkness so much deeper than you can possibly be ready for Ambrose Parry

Ethereal, romantic and as cold as death, this nerve-shattering and powerful novel immerses us in a cruel and thrilling Nordic tale where love smashes against the rocks of madness La Fringale culturelle

A stunning and beautifully written gothic thriller Alexandra Benedict

A bold and intelligent read Guardian

Utterly compelling Woman's Own

Cleverly plotted, simply excellent Ragnar Jónasson

A must-read Daily Express

Author Biography

Born in Marseille, France, and with a degree in Political Science, Johana Gustawsson has worked as a journalist for the French and Spanish press and television. Her critically acclaimed Roy & Castells series, including Block 46, Keeper and Blood Song, has won the Plume d'Argent, Balai de la découverte, Balai d'Or and Prix Marseillais du Polar awards, and is now published in nineteen countries. A TV adaptation is currently underway in a French, Swedish and UK co-production. The Bleeding was a number-one bestseller in France.

David Warriner translates from French and nurtures a healthy passion for Franco, Nordic and British crime fiction. Growing up in deepest Yorkshire, he developed incurable Francophilia at an early age. Emerging from Oxford with a modern languages degree, he narrowly escaped the graduate rat race by hopping on a plane to Canada - and never looked back. More than a decade into a high-powered commercial translation career, he listened to his heart and turned his hand again to the delicate art of literary translation.
Number of Pages: 300
Dimensions: 1 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN
Publication Date: May 14, 2024
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