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A mother and daughter embark on a fishing trip on the Reykjavik coast, but their only catch is a horribly mutilated doll, Disa's first instinct is to throw it straight back in the water, but her daughter, Rosa, pleads to keep it, Later that same night, they post a photo of their gruesome find on social media,

By the morning, the mother is dead and the doll has disappeared,

Five years later, Detective Huldar finds himself in the place he hates the most: on a boat in rough seas, scouring the sea bed for evidence of skeletal remains, Meanwhile child psychologist Freyja is investigating claims of misconduct in a care home - where she comes to hear of a young woman named Rosa, who is convinced her mother was the innocent victim of a much wider conspiracy, and will stop at nothing to find the truth , , ,

A terrifying and gripping novel for fans of Karin Slaughter, Kathy Reichs and Chris Carter, this is a thriller that will make you want to sleep with the lights on , , ,

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. The second instalment in the Thora Gudmundsdottir series, MY SOUL TO TAKE, was shortlisted for the 2010 Shamus Award. In 2011 her stand-alone horror novel I REMEMBER YOU was awarded the Icelandic Crime Fiction Award and was nominated for The Glass Key, and has been made intoa film starring Jóhannes Haukur by ZikZak Filmworks. In 2015 THE SILENCE OF THE SEA won the Petrona Award for the year's best Scandinavian crime novel, and THE LEGACY, the first novel in the Freyja and Huldar series, was nominated for The Glass Key and won the Icelandic Crime Fiction Award. All of her books have been European bestsellers.