Why Did You Lie?

Author Yrsa Sigurdardottir
Narrator Katherine Manners
Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
Run Time 11 hours and 11 minutes
Format Audio
Genre Crime and mystery fiction, Fiction in translation, Thriller / suspense fiction.

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What to expect

A chilling thriller from the author of THE SILENCE OF THE SEA, winner of the 2015 Petrona Award for best Scandinavian Crime Novel.

A journalist on the track of an old case attempts suicide.

An ordinary couple return from a house swap in the states to find their home in disarray and their guests seemingly missing.

Four strangers struggle to find shelter on a windswept spike of rock in the middle of a raging sea.

They have one thing in common: they all lied.

And someone is determined to punish them...

WHY DID YOU LIE is a terrifying tale of long-delayed retribution from Iceland's Queen of Suspense.

(P)2016 Hodder & Stoughton. Published by arrangement with Salomonsson Agency.

Critics Review

The stories share an underlying menace that is at once disturbing and compelling.

Daily Mail

A tour de force… Sigurdardottir handles the different plot strands brilliantly, bringing them together in an unforgettable climax.

The Sunday Times, Crime Book of the Month

Spine-chilling… keeps us on the edge of our seats

Independent

The Icelandic queen of Nordic Noir, Yrsa Sigurdardottir’s writing manages to be both spare but sinister. Expect goosebumps to sprout while reading this tale of murder, abuse and other worldly shenanigans in rural Iceland.

Red Magazine

Iceland’s outstanding crime novelist is spoiling us in her latest offering, with three juicy storylines for the price of one… I doubt many readers will guess what in the blue blazes can possibly connect these three mysteries before all is revealed, but I’m sure all will revel in the customary Sigurdardottir mixture of creepy atmospherics and sardonic humour. She is a treasure.

Daily Express

Other crime writers might as well give up now. In her new novel, Icelandic author Yrsa Sigurdardottir
has found the single most terrifying place on earth to be stuck in the middle of a murder mystery…taut and compelling

Crime Scene Magazine

A masterpiece of plotting and suspense

I Paper

Three separate stories are gradually and skilfully merged together and bring this readable, enjoyable thriller to a melodramatic finish

Literary Review

Yrsa Sigurdardottir’s chillers get better and better. I REMEMBER YOU is a truly creepy combination of haunted house story and modern detection in Iceland.

Sunday Telegraph

. . . A chiller-thriller of immense scariness . . . Not to be read alone after dark.

The Times on I REMEMBER YOU

Expertly woven together, with plenty of cliffhangers and perfect control of the macabre mood: intriguing, entertaining, and very spooky indeed.

Laura Wilson, Guardian on I REMEMBER YOU

Genuinely bone-chilling, and proves that as well as being the queen of Icelandic crime fiction, Sigurdardottir is a supreme generator of fear . . . (she) is clearly relishing the business of scaring our pants off.

Independent on I REMEMBER YOU

Sigurdardottir intertwines these plotlines brilliantly and the two creepy strands gradually tighten together to really give the reader the heebie-jeebies. The author comes from a crime and thriller background and you can tell: there are cliff-hangers at the end of almost every chapter and she expertly ramps up the feeling of dread as the plot accelerates and all in the book find themselves in mortal danger.

Big Issue on I REMEMBER YOU

A chilling read, perfect for a dark night.

Daily Express on I REMEMBER YOU

A chilling read, enhanced by Sigurdardottir’s taut plotting, realistic characters, and dry humour

Metro Books of the Year on ASHES TO DUST

..a grisly chiller set in the depths of winter… It’s an accomplished debut.

Sunday Telegraph on LAST RITUALS

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