Her second book in the thora gudmundsdottir series, my soul to take, made it to the 2010 shamus award shortlist. Icelands outstanding crime novelist daily express the legacy takes us into a world where secrets are buried deep, only to reappear decades later and inflict harm on people who have no idea that theyre connected by past horrors. In yrsa sigurdardottirs internationally bestselling crime fiction novels, set in the beautiful and atmospheric iceland, sharpwitted attorney thora gudmun. It was the last thing brynjar and doubtless the others wanted to hear at that moment. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read geisterfjord. Personally, i think that the best book in this new series by the yrsa sigur. Below is a list of yrsa sigurdardottirs books in order of when they were first released. Browse author series lists, sequels, pseudonyms, synopses, book covers, ratings and awards. She was first published in english in 2007 with the novel last rituals. Yrsa is a magnificent writer who envelops her stories with atmosphere so thick that only care and a bit of luck can see through it. This books was published on 2nd day of october 2007.
Her work is found on bestseller lists all over the world, and films are currently. Winner of the 2015 petrona award the most chilling novel yet from the queen of nordic noir, not to be missed for fans of jo nesbo and stieg larsson. Order of thora gudmundsdottir books thora gudmundsdottir is the central character in a series of scandinavian crime fiction novels by icelandic novelist yrsa sigurdardottir. Yrsa has been called a generator of fear quite as adroit as such writers as stephen king and her novels are equally wellplotted and darkly suspenseful. Her debut crime novel was translated into english by bernard scudder. She wrote five in all and during this period she received the icelandic childrens book award as well as the icelandic ibby prize for childrens literature. The series is set in the icelandic capital of reykjavik and a follows single mother thora gudmundsdottirs career working as a lawyer. Yrsa s previous book in the series, ashes to dust, also featured lawyer and sometime sleuth thora g. I remember you is a truly creepy combination of haunted house story and modern detection in iceland.
Author of the bestselling thora gudmundsdottir crime series and several stand alone thrillers, yrsa sigurdardottir was born in reykjavik, iceland, in 1963 and. Yrsa sigurdardottir is widely regarded around the world as one of the best nordic crime writers working today. Digital rights management drm the publisher has supplied this book in encrypted form, which means that you need to install free software in order to unlock and read it. Thora gudmundsdottir is the central character in a series of scandinavian crime fiction novels by icelandic novelist yrsa sigurdardottir. Her books to date have been translated from their native icelandic tongue into many different languages and have been sold in over thirty countries. The novel has been highly rated by the readers because of its smart story you will enjoy following. Discover more authors youll love listening to on audible. Author of the bestselling thora gudmundsdottir crime series and several standalone thrillers, yrsa sigurdardottir was born in reykjavik, iceland, in 1963 and works as a civil engineer. Yrsa is, however, best known for her contribution to crime fiction. This award winning icelandic author is famously known for her gritty and hard hitting. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author.
The thora gudmundsdottir series, including the thrillers the silence of the sea and ashes to dust, has been translated into more than 30 languages. 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. Yrsa sigurdardottir was born in reykjavik, iceland, on august 24, 1963. Yrsa sigurdardottir began her writing career by writing childrens books. This is the genesis book of the thora gudmundsdottir series by yrsa sigurdardottir. Yrsa sigurdardottir books and biography waterstones.
We personally assess every book s quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. A thriller hardcover february 14, 2017 by yrsa sigurdardottir author. She has since gone on to write a number of acclaimed standalone thriller novels, and is to date translated into more than 30 languages. She is the author of novels, stage plays and screenplays. Theres something out there icelands answer to stieg larsson.
Her debut crimenovel last rituals published in the us in 2007, and the uk in january 2008 was translated into english by bernard scudder, and is book 1 of the thora gudmundsdottir series. Explore books by yrsa sigurdardottir with our selection at. Buy the undesired by sigurdardottir, yrsa, cribb, victoria isbn. The central character in her crime novels so far is thora gudmundsdottir. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. Yrsa sigurdardottirs chillers get better and better.
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