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Author
Publisher
Hodder Paperback
Pub. Date
2017
Physical Desc
394 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Why Did You Lie? contains three plot strands. In the first, four people – strangers to each other – are dropped off at a lighthouse atop the inhospitable rocky outcrop of Thrídrangar, three of them to perform maintenance, the fourth to take photographs of this harsh environment. It's supposed to take one night, but they soon discover their stay is likely to be prolonged. In the second, a policewoman, Nína, is struggling to cope in the aftermath...
Author
Series
Children's House volume 2
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
375 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Vaka sits, regretting her choice of coat, on the cold steps of her new school. Her father appears to have forgotten to pick her up, her mother has forgotten to give her this week’s pocket money, and the school is already locked for the day. Grownups, she decides, are useless.
With no way to call home, she resigns herself to waiting on the steps until her father remembers her. When a girl approaches, Vaka recognizes her immediately from class, and...
Author
Series
Thora Gudmundsdottir novels volume 6
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
325 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
A luxury yacht crashes into a Reykjavik pier. But the boat is empty; no one is on board. What has happened to the crew? And what has happened to the family who were very much present when the yacht left Lisbon? What should Thora Gudmundsdottir, the series sleuth, make of the rumors that the vessel was cursed? She is spooked even more when she boards the yacht and thinks she sees one of the missing children. Where is Karitas, the glamorous young wife...
Author
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
353 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
The light spilling in from the corridor would have to do. Though weak, it was sufficient to show Aldis, a boy sitting in the gloom at the furthest table. He had his back to her, so she couldn't see who it was, but could tell that he was one of the youngest. A chill ran down her spine when he spoke again, without turning, as if he had eyes in the back of his head. 'Go away. Leave me alone.' 'Come on. You shouldn't be here.' Aldis spoke gently, fairly...
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