Gustawsson Johana - Yule Island The No. 1 Bestseller! This Year's Most Chilling Gothic Thriller Based On A True Story - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: An art expert joins a detective to investigate a horrific murder on a Swedish island leading them to a mystery rooted in Viking rites and Scandinavia's deepest darkest winter. The Queen of French Noir returns with a chilling utterly captivating gothic thriller based on a true story. First in a new series. A dark dark slice of Scandi Noir Heat magazine * Book of the Month* Gustawsson's writing is so vivid it's electrifying Peter James Remember her name. Johana Gustawsson has become a leading figure in French crime fiction and Yule Island is impossible to put down Le Monde *** Winner of the Cultura Ligue de l Imaginaire Award 2023*** ________ Art expert Emma Lindahl is anxious when she's asked to appraise the antiques and artefacts in the infamous manor house of one of Sweden's wealthiest families on the island of Storholmen where a young woman was murdered nine years earlier her killer never found. Emma must work alone and the Gussman family apparently avoiding her she sees virtually no one in the house. Do they have something to hide? As she goes about her painstaking work and one shocking discovery yields clues that lead to another Emma becomes determined to uncover the secrets of the house and its occupants. When the lifeless body of another young woman is found in the icy waters surrounding the island Detective Karl Ros n arrives to investigate and memories his failure to solve the first case come rushing back. Could this young woman's tragic death somehow hold the key? Battling her own demons Emma joins forces with Karl to embark upon a chilling investigation plunging them into horrifying secrets from the past Viking rites and tainted love and Scandinavia's deepest darkest winter ________ Praise FOR Johan a Gustawsson Wonderfully dark and intricately woven will have you hooked from the very first page B A Paris Johana Gustawsson has become the queen of the French thriller genre Le Point Intriguingly dark and vivid and so cleverly told Essie Fox ` A gripping story of murder and black magic Gustawsson slowly weaves together three seemingly disparate strands of her narrative with a skill that shows why she is such an admired crime writer in her native France The Times A wonderfully creepy unsettling read with a superb twist in its tail James Oswald Bewitching and wonderfully gothic Sunday Express Johana Gustawsson brilliantly illuminates the depths of the human heart Le Figaro ` A whirlpool that draws you irresistibly into levels of darkness so much deeper than you can possibly be ready for Ambrose Parry Ethereal romantic and as cold as death this nerve - shattering and powerful novel immerses us in a cruel and thrilling Nordic tale where love smashes against the rocks of madness La Fringale culturelle A stunning and beautifully written gothic thriller Alexandra Benedict Johana Gustawsson has no equal when it comes to hooking us with stunning twists and unexpected leaps in time Les Echos A bold and intelligent read Guardian Utterly compelling Woman's Own ` Brilliant the last chapters knocked me sideways and it's a long time since that's happened Lisa Hall ` A dark world of elegance and grotesque mesmeric Matt Wesolowski Cleverly plotted simply excellent Ragnar J nasson A must - read Daily Express
Title: Yule Island The No. 1 Bestseller! This Year's Most Chilling Gothic Thriller Based On A True Story
Author(s): Gustawsson Johana
Publisher: Orenda Books
Barcode: 9781914585975
Pages: 256 Pages
Publication Date: 5/14/2024
Category: Fiction In Translation