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The Silence of the Sea

Book 6 of the Thora Gudmundsdottir series

An abandoned yacht, a young family missing - chilling crime from the queen of Nordic Noir.

The most chilling novel yet from Yrsa Sigurdardottir, an international bestseller at the height of her powers.

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'Mummy dead.' The child's pure treble was uncomfortably clear. It was the last thing Brynjar - and doubtless the others - wanted to hear at that moment. 'Daddy dead.' It got worse. 'Adda dead. Bygga dead.' The child sighed and clutched her grandmother's leg. 'All dead.'

A luxury yacht arrives in Reykjavik harbour with nobody on board. What has happened to the crew, and to the family who were on board when it left Lisbon?

Thora Gudmundsdottir is hired by the young father's parents to investigate, and is soon drawn deeper into the mystery. What should she make of the rumours saying that the vessel was cursed, especially given that when she boards the yacht she thinks she sees one of the missing twins? 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?

Genre
mysterycrimethrillernoirhorror
Themes
murder
Setting
2010sicelandscandinaviaeurope
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 388 pages

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