Prey
E-book, Czech
Prey
Sometimes silence is a signal that no one will hear you scream…
A small group of Icelanders have set out into the frozen wilderness. What is their goal? And why did they leave their clothes behind in a remote cabin? During the search for the missing expedition, rescue worker Jóhanna confronts her own traumas and disturbing discoveries beneath the layers of snow. And there's no peace at home either, thanks to the strange behaviour of her neighbour's dog. Something is also unsettling the cat keeping Hjörvar company during his lonely shift at a radar station in the middle of nowhere. And it's not just the strange phone calls that got on his predecessor's nerves before he lost his life in a tragic accident. It's as if something malevolent is circling, watching them... The heroes of this terrifying thriller from the queen of Icelandic crime fiction never stop sweating with fear – and doubting their own sanity – even in the grip of an icy hell.
An inhospitable landscape, frost, isolation and paranoia play pivotal roles in this mystery story, where Nordic noir meets psychological horror.
Reviews:
The final chapter will make your jaw drop in amazement at how brilliantly the author had everything planned. How she managed to find answers to her version of the mystery that are perhaps even more chilling than you expected.
- Centrum detektivky
It is a haunting and atmospheric story in which the characters battle with psychological trauma as well as hostile natural conditions.
- The Sunday Times
Yrsa Sigurðardóttir
The Icelandic writer studied civil engineering and continues to work in the field. She has been writing since 1998, when she published her first children's book. She has written a total of five stories for young readers, but she is much more famous for her detective stories. She made her crime fiction debut with the novel Last Rituals (2005), which has been translated into more than 30 languages. For her next novel, My Soul to Take (2006), she was nominated for an award by The Private Eye Writers of America. Her six-part series featuring Freyja and Huldar is also a great success, with four volumes published in Czech so far (first in 2017–2019 by Metafora, most recently by Grada), as is her horror novel I Remember You (Czech, Metafora 2015), which was adapted for the screen by Óskar Thór Axelsson.
Specifications
Metafora, spol. s r. o., U Krbu 35/1515, 10000 Praha 10, Česká republika, 274 770 056, www.metafora.cz
