Yule Island : The No. 1 bestselling, CHILLING gothic thriller - based on a TRUE STORY... (Lidingö Mysteries)

An 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.   ‘Scarier than anything … a dark, dark slice of atmospheric Scandi Noir’ Heat Heat magazine *Book of the Month*   ‘The pace steadily accelerates as Gustawsson orchestrates her plot with breathless ingenuity. A successful page-turner from a rising star’ Financial Times ‘Gustawsson’s writing is so vivid, it’s electrifying’ Peter James    ** Winner of the Livre de Poche Readers Crime of the Year and Cultura Ligue de l’Imaginaire Award** ________ Don’t   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.    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?   Trust   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.   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?   Anyone   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…   ________   PRAISE FOR JOHANA GUSTAWSSON ‘Remember her name. Johana Gustawsson has become a leadin