The Day is Dark

Crime Thrillers

Author: Yrsa Sigurðardóttir

When all contact is lost with two Icelanders working in a harsh and sparsely populated area on the northeast coast of Greenland, Thóra is hired to investigate. Is there any connection with the disappearance of a woman from the site some months earlier? And why are the locals so hostile?….Read More

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