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Thóra Gudmundsdóttir Series

Discount: Someone to Watch Over Me by Yrsa Sigurdardottir

By Crime HQ

January 18, 2018

Someone to Watch Over Me by bestselling and award-winning Icelandic crime author Yrsa Sigurdardottir is the fifth book in the Thóra Gudmundsdóttir series—named 2015's Crime Novel of the Year by the Sunday Times. Get a digital copy of Yrsa Sigurdardottir's fifth Thóra Gudmundsdóttir mystery, Someone to Watch Over Me, for only $2.99 through February 5th!…

The Silence of the Sea: New Excerpt

By Yrsa Sigurdardottir

February 10, 2016

The Silence of the Sea by Yrsa Sigurdardottir is an Icelandic thriller and the 6th book in the Thora Gudmundsdottir series that features a mysterious luxury yacht that crashes into the pier completely empty leaving Thora to investigate this “cursed” ship (Available February 16, 2016). A luxury yacht crashes into a Reykjavik pier. But the…

Fresh Meat: Someone to Watch Over Me by Yrsa Sigurdardóttir

By Katherine Tomlinson

February 13, 2015

Someone to Watch Over Me by Yrsa Sigurdardóttir is the 5th legal thriller set in Iceland featuring attorney Thóra Gudmundsdóttir (available February 17, 2015). That chill you just got? It had nothing to do with the draft that always sneaks through the bedroom window when the temperature drops below freezing and the wind kicks up…

Fresh Meat: The Day is Dark by Yrsa Sigurdardóttir

By Leslie Gilbert Elman

February 21, 2013

The Day is Dark by Yrsa Sigurdardóttir is the fourth mystery featuring attorney Thóra Gudmundsdóttir (available February 26, 2013). At an author event in the spring of 2012, Yrsa Sigurdardóttir was talking about the power of place for an author working on a mystery novel. The place in question was Greenland, which she had visited…

Ashes to Dust by Yrsa Sigurdardóttir

Fresh Meat: Ashes to Dust by Yrsa Sigurdardóttir

By Leslie Gilbert Elman

March 19, 2012

Ashes to Dust by Yrsa Sigurdardóttir is the third book in the Thóra Gudmundsdóttir thriller series (available March 27, 2012). In January 1973, the Eldfell volcano on the Icelandic island of Heimaey erupted, forcing the evacuation of 5,300 residents. It took just six hours to transport everyone except essential emergency workers to the mainland, and…

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