The Wake
Five friends. One devastating reunion. The new thriller from the legendary Icelandic bestseller
Author: Yrsa Sigurdardottir Series: The Black Ice
13th October 2025
Paperback
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From the legendary Icelandic crime writer and bestseller comes the second book in the chilling Black Ice series, perfect for fans of C. J. Tudor and Ragnar Jónasson
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'The undisputed Queen of Icelandic Noir' Simon Kernick
AMONG THE MOURNERS AT A FUNERAL, ONE OF IS THEM IS A KILLER...A group of young professionals travel to the Westmann Islands off the coast of Iceland to attend an old friend's wake. Their reunion soon turns into a living nightmare, as the memories of a party they attended at university, and desperately tried to forget, come rushing back. When two bodies are found on a rocky beach close to the refurbished lighthouse keeper's house that the group had stayed in, medical examiner Iounn is sent to provide the local police assistance.For Iounn, who grew up on the island, this takes her back to the heart of her complex family and the ghosts of her own past she would prefer to keep at bay. But as the deadly secrets soon become insurmountable, can any of them escape unscathed?A chilling, isolated thriller form the legendary Icelandic crime writer and international bestseller, perfect for fans of C. J. Tudor and Ragnar JonassonPraise for Yrsa Siguroardottir'Iceland's long dark nights are at their most minatory in Siguroardottir's atmospheric thrillers' Financial Times'Siguroardottir is as confident a writer as ever' Sunday TimesAbout the Author
Author of the bestselling Thora Gudmundsdottir crime series and several stand-alone thrillers, Yrsa Sigurdardottir was born in Reykjavik, Iceland, in 1963 and works as a civil engineer. She made her crime fiction debut in 2005 with LAST RITUALS, the first instalment in the Thora Gudmundsdottir series, and has been translated into more than 30 languages. Her work stands 'comparison with the finest contemporary crime writing anywhere in the world' according to the Times Literary Supplement. In 2015 THE SILENCE OF THE SEA won the Petrona Award for the year's best Scandinavian crime novel. All of her books have been European bestsellers.
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13th October 2025
