Книга The Legacy: A Dark and Engaging Thriller Which is Impossible to Put Down
Selected by the Sunday Times as one of the 40 best crime novels published 2015-2020
The first in an exciting new series from 'Iceland's outstanding crime novelist' (Daily Express) Yrsa Sigurdardottir.
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'Believe all the hype - this is crime at its best.' Heat
Detective Huldar is out of his depth. His first murder case is like nothing he's seen before - a bizarre attack on a seemingly blameless woman.
The only evidence is a list of numbers found at the scene, and the testimony of the victim's eleven-year-old daughter, who isn't talking.
While his team attempt to crack the code, Huldar turns to child psychologist Freyja for her expertise with traumatised young people.
Because time is running out...and the one thing they know for certain is that the murderer will strike again.
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The queen of Nordic crime shows her considerable chops with an introductory murder that hikes the tension
to cardiac-arrest levels, then introduces a new detective, the baggy-eyed Huldar, to sort it out. Icelandic noir
at its reliably gripping best
"Iceland's outstanding crime novelist" - Daily Express
"Yrsa remains the queen of Icelandic thriller writers" - Guardian on THE LEGACY
"5*s - Believe all the hype - this is crime at its best." - Heat Magazine on THE LEGACY
"Another tour de force from Sigurdardottir that cements her reputation as the queen of Nordic noir" - i Paper in THE LEGACY
"The conclusion is even more astounding, thanks to her white-hot plotting." - CrimeFiction Lover on THE LEGACY
"The connecting thread in all the writer's work is her astuteness in observing human relations, the everyday mixed with the dark and devious." - The ArtsDesk on THE LEGACY
"No one does crime fiction quite like Icelandic author Yrsa Sigurdardottir... THE LEGACY is a masterful procedural infused with the author's dark imagination." - Criminal Element
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The deeper Sigurdardottir delves into the dark corners of her imagination, the more her creative talents thrive.
This is a compelling read for anyone with an appetite for the macabre and the cryptic.
"Solid characters and great complex plot...If you haven't already met the Queen of Icelandic Crime fiction start here, because this is her best novel to date" - Globe and Mail