In an isolated village in the Icelandic Westfjords, three friends set to work renovating a rundown house. But soon, they realize they are not as alone as they thought. Something wants them to leave, and it's making its presence felt. Meanwhile, in a town across the fjord, a young doctor investigatin[...]
Liget af en ung tysk udvekslingsstudent bliver fundet på en kirkegård. Det er tydeligt, at han er blevet tortureret til døde. Offerets familie hyrer den islandske advokat Freyja og hendes assistent Dagur til at efterforske uden om politiet. Freya finder ud af, at den myrdede tyske student b[...]
At a university in Reykjavik, the body of a young German student is discovered, his eyes cut out and strange symbols carved into his chest. Police waste no time in making an arrest, but the victim's family isn't convinced that the right man is in custody. They ask Thora Gudmundsdottir, an attorney a[...]
In the mystical Snaefellsnes region on Iceland's west coast--at a New Age health resort in a renovated farmhouse--the body of a young woman is discovered, savagely beaten, with pins inserted into her feet. Thora Gudmundsdottir, lawyer and single mother of two, has been retained to represent the reso[...]
"I can see why so many people are enthusiastic about Yrsa's work. It's very engaging, fresh, and exciting." -- James Patterson "Iceland's crime queen." --The Scotsman One of the finest Nordic crime writers working today, Yrsa Sigurdardottir has been published to rave reviews worldwide. Now, with "As[...]
A young man is found brutally murdered, his eyes gouged out. A student of Icelandic history in Reykjavik, he came from a wealthy German family who do not share the police's belief that his drug dealer murdered him. Attorney Thora Gudmundsdottir is commissioned by his family to find out the truth, wi[...]
I Remember You won the Icelandic Crime Fiction Award and also was nominated for The Glass Key Award.
In this terrifying tale, three friends set to work renovating a rundown house in a remote, totally isolated location. But they soon realize they are not as alone as they thought. Something wants [...]
Thora peered at the floor, but couldn't see anything that could have frightened Markus that much, only three mounds of dust. She moved the light of her torch over them. It took her some time to realize what she was seeing-- and then it was all she could do not to let the torch slip from her hand. 'G[...]
When all contact is lost with two Icelanders working in a harsh and sparsely populated area on the northeast coast of Greenland, Th?ra is hired to investigate. Is there any connection with the woman who vanished from the site some months earlier? Why are the locals so hostile? And could one of the t[...]
This horrifying thriller, partly based on a true story, is the scariest novel yet from an international bestseller. Don't go. Don't go yet. I'm not finished. In an isolated village in the Icelandic Westfjords, three friends set to work renovating a derelict house. But soon they realise they are not [...]
A creepy, compelling thriller, Someone to Watch Over Me is the fifth Thora Gudmundsdottir novel from Yrsa, 'Iceland's answer to Stieg Larsson' (Daily Telegraph). Berglind hurried to her son and pulled him forcefully from the window. She held him close and tried at the same time to wipe the windowpan[...]
A creepy, compelling thriller, SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME is the fifth Thora Gudmundsdottir novel from Yrsa, 'Iceland's answer to Stieg Larsson' (Daily Telegraph). A young man with Down's Syndrome has been convicted of burning down his care home and killing five people, but a fellow inmate at his secu[...]
Like ved et nytt spa-hotell på idylliske Snæfellsnes i Island skjer et uhyggelig og blodig mord, og de ansatte føler seg utrygge fordi de stadig hører merkelige lyder. De mener noen går igjen på stedet.Den driftige advokaten Thora Gudmundsdóttir blir engasjert for å bistå hotelleieren i å [...]
Vulkanutbruddet på Vestmannaøyene i 1973 la området øde, aske falt ned over husene og begravde dem fullstendig. Omsider - over 30 år etter - blir det besluttet å grave dem fram igjen. Markus skaffer seg tilgang til sin barndoms kjeller for å hente en eske han i sin tid hadde plassert der. Han[...]
Mørk spenningsroman fra den bestselgende islandske forfatteren Yrsa Sigurdardottir. Tre unge mennesker pusser opp et hus i det gamle fiskeværet Hesteyri i Jökulsfjörður på nordvestkysten av Island. Vinteren er i anmarsj og de begynner å ane at de ikke er alene i det forlatte været. Samtidig [...]
En yacht kommer drivende inn i Reykjaviks havnebasseng. Intet menneske er ombord. Alt synes dødt. Ægir og Lara gikk om bord i yachten i Lisboa, sammen med sine døtre - de åtte år gamle tvillingene Arna og Bylgja. Mannskapet på tre er også sporløst borte. Ingen av livbåtene er sjøsatt og al[...]
En yacht kommer drivende inn i Reykjaviks havnebasseng. Intet menneske er ombord. Alt synes dødt. Ægir og Lara gikk om bord i yachten i Lisboa, sammen med sine døtre - de åtte år gamle tvillingene Arna og Bylgja. Mannskapet på tre er også sporløst borte. Ingen av livbåtene er sjøsatt og al[...]
Det er midt på vinteren og to mænd, der arbejder for et islandsk firma på Grønlands nordøstlige kyst, hvor de har fået i opdrag at etablere et laboratorium med henblik på mulig minedrift, forsvinder pludseligt og sporløst. Advokaten Thóra Gudmundsdottir og hendes tyske makker, Matthew, bliv[...]
Krimi fra Island, hvor advokaten Thora interesserer sig for en sag, der starter som mistanke om spøgeri, men har forbindelse til mordet på en lille pige i 1945[...]
Den smukke dronning Yrsa stråler som et lys i Nordens mørkeste tid. Som kongedatter var hendes livsvej udstukket fra fødslen af. Som viljestærk dronning formede hun sin egen og de nordiske folkeslags skæbne.
Folkevandringstiden fra 400 til 600 e.Kr. Var brutal og nådesl�[...]
"Min valp är aggressiv och biter på mina händer, vad ska jag göra?" Så lyder den absolut vanligaste frågan som nya hundägare ställer, enligt hundpsykologen Yrsa Franzén-Görnerup. I Valpvardag ger hon praktiska tips för livet med valpen.
Under valpens första år finns det myck[...]