The most chilling novel yet from Yrsa
Sigurdardottir, an international bestseller at
the height of her powers. 'Mummy dead.' The
child's pure treble was uncomfortably clear. It
was the last thing Brynjar - and doubtless the
others - wanted to hear at that moment. 'Daddy
dead.' It got worse. 'Adda dead. Bygga dead.'
The child sighed and clutched her grandmother's
leg. 'All dead.' A luxury yacht arrives in
Reykjavik harbour with nobody on board. What has
happened to the crew, and to the family who were
on board when it left Lisbon? Thora
Gudmundsdottir is hired by the young father's
parents to investigate, and is soon drawn deeper
into the mystery. What should she make of the
rumours saying that the vessel was cursed,
especially given that when she boards the yacht
she thinks she sees one of the missing twins?
Where is Karitas, the glamorous young wife of
the yacht's former owner? And whose is the body
that has washed up further along the shore?