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Last Rituals

Thora Gudmundsdottir (Book 1)

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What to expect

The first Thora Gudmundsdottir novel from Yrsa Sigurdardottir - 'Queen of Icelandic crime'.

'Yrsa is one of the most exciting new voices in the crime thriller world.' - Peter James

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 mother to find out the truth, with the help - and hindrance - of boorish ex-policeman Matthew Reich. Their investigations into his research take them deep into a grisly world of torture and witchcraft both past and present, as they draw ever closer to a killer gripped by a dangerous obsession...

(P) 2022 Hodder & Stoughton Limited

Critics Review

I can see why so many people are enthusiastic about Yrsa's work. It's very engaging, fresh and exciting.
A grisly chiller set in the depths of winter ... Her mystery is absorbing and, untypically, instead of the usual gloomy middle-aged man, her sleuth is a young woman ... It's an accomplished debut, with credible characters and a personable heroine.
Sunday Telegraph
Dark, deep and icy as an Icelandic fjord; this is a rich and rewarding debut novel of ancient mysteries and very modern murder.
An intricately plotted tale that keeps the reader guessing whodunit, or indeed whether it was murder at all, right until the very end.
Sunday Express
Author Yrsa Sigurdardottir
Narrator Gabrielle Nellis-Pain
Series Thora Gudmundsdottir
Duration 12 hours and 24 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781399711227
Format Audiobook
Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
Genre Crime and mystery fiction, Fiction in translation, Thriller / suspense fiction
Availability AU, GB, IE

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