Can’t Run, Can’t Hide
On sale
7th November 2024
Price: £22
Genre
Crime & Mystery / Fiction In Translation / Iceland / Suspense
On a cold winter evening in a secluded fjord in Iceland, a neighbour visits the house of a family that has not been seen in a week. No one comes to the door when he knocks. After breaking down the back door, his worst fears are realised. Their home is now an horrific crime scene.
Policeman Týr and forensic pathologist Iðunn are called to the house to investigate. As the case advances, harrowing secrets about the family are revealed. Along with a young policeman Karó, the investigative team quickly realise that the case forces them to face their own suppressed past and opens a Pandora’s box to much darker crimes.
Can’t Run, Can’t Hide is a masterclass in tension from one of the world’s finest crime writers.
Policeman Týr and forensic pathologist Iðunn are called to the house to investigate. As the case advances, harrowing secrets about the family are revealed. Along with a young policeman Karó, the investigative team quickly realise that the case forces them to face their own suppressed past and opens a Pandora’s box to much darker crimes.
Can’t Run, Can’t Hide is a masterclass in tension from one of the world’s finest crime writers.
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Reviews
Praise for Yrsa Sigurdardottir -
The undisputed Queen of Icelandic Noir
Nail-biting . . . Iceland's long dark nights are at their most minatory in Sigurdardottir's atmospheric thrillers
One of the best books I've read for a long time: dark, creepy and gripping from beginning to end
Sigurdardottir is as confident a writer as ever
