Yule Island - Johana Gustawsson

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 the The Liding Mysteries series.

`Scarier than anything
a dark, dark slice of atmospheric Scandi NoirHeat magazine*Book of the Month*

`The pace steadily accelerates as Gustawsson orchestrates her plot with breathless ingenuity. A successful page-turner from a rising starFinancial Times

`Gustawsson's writing is so vivid, it's electrifyingPeter James

** Winner of the Livre de Poche Readers Crime of the Year and Cultura Ligue de l'Imaginaire Award**

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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 with the Gussman family apparently avoiding her, she sees virtually no one in the house. Do they have something to hide?

Trust

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 Rosn arrives to investigate, and memories of his failure to solve the first case come rushing back. Could this young woman's tragic death somehow hold the key?

Anyone

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

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PRAISE FOR JOHANA GUSTAWSSON

`Remember her name. Johana Gustawsson has become a leading figure in French crime fiction [and]Yule Islandis impossible to put downLe Monde

`Wonderfully dark and intricately woven
will have you hooked from the very first pageB A Paris

`Johana Gustawsson has become the queen of the French thriller genreLe Point

`Intriguingly dark and vivid, and so cleverly toldEssie 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 FranceThe Times

`A wonderfully creepy, unsettling read, with a superb twist in its tailJames Oswald

`Bewitching and wonderfully gothicSunday 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 forAmbrose 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 madnessLa Fringale culturelle

`A stunning and beautifully written gothic thrillerAlexandra Benedict

`A bold and intelligent readGuardian

`Utterly compellingWoman's Own

`Cleverly plotted, simply excellentRagnar Jnasson

`A must-readDaily Express