The fourth book in the popular Freyja & Huldar crime series
In the bleak lava fields near Reykjavik stands an execution ground. The place where the lives of convicts used to end is now a tourist attraction. Or rather it was - until the cold morning when a man was found hanging on the gallows after decades.
What at first glance looks like suicide turns out to be something much more sinister - the hanged man has a nail driven right through the middle of his chest. The police team, including Huldar, has another murder on their desk. The shadow over the whole case darkens even further when a four-year-old child is found abandoned in the murdered man's apartment.
The boy has no family ties to the dead man and his parents cannot be found. From the pictures he draws, however, it is clear that he must have witnessed something that makes even experienced criminologists' blood run cold.
While Detective Huldar goes in pursuit of the killer, child psychologist Freyja tries to track down the boy's family. And during the investigation, a story of violence, malicious manipulation and cruel revenge emerges. There are probably more people in mortal danger. Huldar and Freyja once again engage in a frantic race against time.
They wrote about the book Execution
"Yrsa Sigurdardóttir doesn't have to prove that she can write - I think everyone who has read anything by her is aware of that."
Culture21.cz
"One of the best Nordic authors."
The Times
"A classic Nordic mystery. Huldar and Freyja's Reykjavík brings to mind Martin Beck's Stockholm and Wallander's Ystad."
Try our cookiesAlza.cz a. s., Company identification number 27082440, use cookies and other data to ensure the proper functioning of the website and, with your consent, also, among other things, to personalize advertising and the content of our websites. By clicking on the “I understand“ button, you agree to the use of cookies and the transfer of data regarding the behavior on the website for displaying targeted advertising on social networks and advertising networks on other websites.
We use 8 categories of cookies on our website:
Technical cookies
These are strictly necessary for the functioning of the website and the features you choose to use. Without them, our website would not work; you wouldn't be able to log in to your user account, for example.
Functionality cookies
These cookies allow us to remember your basic choices and improve the user experience. These include remembering your preferred language or allowing you to stay logged in permanently.
Social media cookies
These cookies allow us to easily link you to your social media profile and, for example, allow you to share products and services with your friends and family.
Content personalisation
These cookies allow us to show you content and ads according to the information we have about you to best meet your needs. This includes what content you have viewed, or on what device you are accessing our website.
Non-personalised advertising
These cookies allow us to show you general ads for products and services.
Personalised advertising
Thanks to these cookies, we and our partners can offer you relevant products and services based on your purchases, your shopping behaviour and your preferences.
Audience metrics
These cookies allow us to optimise our site for your convenience based on how you use it. The aim is to remember or anticipate your choices. This includes, for example, the use of features, their location, or the behaviour on the page.
By giving your consent to the processing of cookies, functionality and analytical cookies will be installed on the device you use to browse the website (click on the "I understand" button for both categories, or you can select only one of the categories by clicking on the "Settings" button). We always install technical cookies on your device, even without your explicit consent, because without them our website would simply not work.
You can revoke your consent to the processing of cookies. In connection with our company's cookie processing, you also have the following rights: the right to access cookies, delete, modify, supplement and correct them, restrict processing and the right to lodge a complaint with the Office for Personal Data Protection. Read more about your rights.
