Yule Island (Signed first edition, first impression)
Language: English
Published by Orenda Books, London, 2023
Series: Book 1 of 2 - Lidingö Mysteries
- First Edition
- Signed
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Wordhoard Books, Clevedon, United KingdomWordhoard Books
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Condition: Used - Very good
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Small Octavo. 243pp. Signed by the author to the title page. First edition, first impression. This book is in very good condition. The blue cloth boards are very good, with minor bumping to the front board top and bottom corners. The top corner is also lightly rubbed. The bottom edge of the spine is slightly bumped and curled. The blue silvered titling to the spine is bright. The pages are clean and the binding is tight. The dust jacket is in very good condition, with some bumping to the edges. The front top right corner of the dust jacket has a 5mm closed tear, and a 2mm open tear. There is a 'Signed by the author' sticker to the front of the dust jacket. The dust jacket is unclipped.
Seller Inventory # 704
- Title
- Yule Island (Signed first edition, first impression)
- Author
- Gustawsson, Johana
- Publisher
- Orenda Books, London
- Publication year
- 2023
- Condition
- Very good
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1914585976
- ISBN 13
- 9781914585975
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Item weight
- 277 grams
- Dimensions
- 13.5 centimeters width by 20.5 centimeters height by 2.2 centimeters depth
- Series
- Book 1 of 2: Lidingö Mysteries
- Seller catalogs
- Fiction, Signed Books, Thriller
‘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**
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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…
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PRAISE FOR JOHANA GUSTAWSSON
‘Remember her name. Johana Gustawsson has become a leading figure in French crime fiction [and] Yule Island is impossible to put down’ Le Monde
‘Wonderfully dark and intricately woven … will have you hooked from the very first page’ B A Paris
‘Johana Gustawsson has become the queen of the French thriller genre’ Le Point
‘Intriguingly dark and vivid, and so cleverly told’ Essie Fox
`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´ The Times
‘A wonderfully creepy, unsettling read, with a superb twist in its tail‘ James Oswald
‘Bewitching and wonderfully gothic’ Sunday Express
‘Johana Gustawsson brilliantly illuminates the depths of the human heart’ Le Figaro
`A whirlpool that draws you irresistibly into levels of darkness so much deeper than you can possibly be ready for´ Ambrose Parry
‘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’ La Fringale culturelle
‘A stunning and beautifully written gothic thriller’ Alexandra Benedict
‘Johana Gustawsson has no equal when it comes to hooking us with stunning twists and unexpected leaps in time’ Les Echos
'A bold and intelligent read' Guardian
'Utterly compelling' Woman's Own
`Brilliant … the last chapters knocked me sideways, and it’s a long time since that’s happened´ Lisa Hall
`A dark world of elegance and grotesque … mesmeric´ Matt Wesolowski
'Cleverly plotted, simply excellent' Ragnar Jónasson
'A must-read' Daily Express
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About the Author
David Warner translates 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. More than a decade into a high-powered commercial translation career, he listened to his heart and turned his hand to the delicate art of literary translation. David has lived in France and Quebec, and now calls beautiful British Columbia home.
Follow David on Twitter @givemeawave and on his website wtranslation.ca
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