The Day is Dark

When all contact is lost with two Icelanders working in a harsh and sparsely populated area on the northeast coast of Greenland, Thora is hired to investigate. Is there any connection with the disappearance of a woman from the site some months earlier? And why are the locals so hostile? Already an international bestseller, this fourth book to feature Thora Gudmundsdottir ('a delight' — Guardian) is chilling, unsettling and compulsively readable.
Review'Put simply, it's terrifying. And brilliant.' — Stylist 'As with the other books in this series there is humour and warmth. Atmospheric, complex and compelling with an unexpected ending.' — www.shotsmag.co.uk 'This Nordic mystery proves colder, bleaker and more introspective than most: Scandi-noir extreme.' — i Magazine, Independent '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 'Superbly atmospheric' — Heat 'The twists and turns are as chilling as the weather … [a] pageturner' — Bella 'It's another complex case for Thora, liveliest granny on the floes, and deeply satisfying for the warm-toed reader.' — Independent 'If you are looking for something a bit different try this Icelandic writer and her feisty lawyer heroine, Thora. ' — Mail on Sunday
About the AuthorYrsa Sigurdardottir works as a civil engineer and lives in Reykjavik. She wrote prize-winning children's novels before writing LAST RITUALS, her first adult novel.