{"product_id":"yule-island-the-no-1-bestselling-chilling-gothic-thriller-based-on-a-true-story-hardcover","title":"Yule Island: The No. 1 Bestselling, Chilling Gothic Thriller - Based on a True Story... - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohana Gustawsson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid Warriner\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn 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 Lidingö Mysteries series.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Scarier than anything ... a dark, dark slice of atmospheric Scandi Noir  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeat magazine\u003c\/i\u003e *Book of the Month*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  The pace steadily accelerates as Gustawsson orchestrates her plot with breathless ingenuity. A successful page-turner from a rising star  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Gustawsson's writing is so vivid, it's electrifying  \u003cb\u003ePeter James\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e** Winner of the Livre de Poche Readers Crime of the Year and Cultura Ligue de l'Imaginaire Award**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ________ \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDon't\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrust\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e When the lifeless body of another young woman is found in the icy waters surrounding the island, Detective Karl Rosén 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? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnyone\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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... \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ________ \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR JOHANA GUSTAWSSON\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Remember her name. Johana Gustawsson has become a leading figure in French crime fiction [and] \u003ci\u003eYule Island\u003c\/i\u003e is impossible to put down  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLe Monde\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Wonderfully dark and intricately woven ... will have you hooked from the very first page  \u003cb\u003eB A Paris\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Johana Gustawsson has become the queen of the French thriller genre  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLe Point\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Intriguingly dark and vivid, and so cleverly told  \u003cb\u003eEssie Fox\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  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  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  A wonderfully creepy, unsettling read, with a superb twist in its tail  \u003cb\u003eJames Oswald\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Bewitching and wonderfully gothic  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Johana Gustawsson brilliantly illuminates the depths of the human heart' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLe Figaro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  A whirlpool that draws you irresistibly into levels of darkness so much deeper than you can possibly be ready for  \u003cb\u003eAmbrose Parry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  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  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLa Fringale culturelle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  A stunning and beautifully written gothic thriller  \u003cb\u003eAlexandra Benedict\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  A bold and intelligent read  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Utterly compelling  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWoman's Own\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Cleverly plotted, simply excellent  \u003cb\u003eRagnar Jónasson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  A must-read  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Born in Marseille, France, and with a degree in Political Science, \u003cb\u003eJohana Gustawsson\u003c\/b\u003e has worked as a journalist for the French and Spanish press and television. Her critically acclaimed Roy \u0026amp; Castells series, including \u003ci\u003eBlock 46, Keeper\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBlood Song\u003c\/i\u003e, has won the Plume d'Argent, Balai de la découverte, Balai d'Or and Prix Marseillais du Polar awards, and is now published in nineteen countries. A TV adaptation is currently underway in a French, Swedish and UK co-production. \u003ci\u003eThe Bleeding\u003c\/i\u003e was a number-one bestseller in France. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Warriner \u003c\/b\u003etranslates from French and nurtures a healthy passion for Franco, Nordic and British crime fiction. Growing up in deepest Yorkshire, he developed incurable Francophilia at an early age. Emerging from Oxford with a modern languages degree, he narrowly escaped the graduate rat race by hopping on a plane to Canada - and never looked back. 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