The Darkness

<p><b>FEATURED IN <i>THE TIMES</i> TOP 100 CRIME NOVELS SINCE 1945<br><br>SOON TO BE A MAJOR TV SERIES</b><br> <b><br> 'An intelligent, provocative whodunit with a killer twist' </b>IAN RANKIN<br> ____________<br> <b><br> A body is found off the coast of Iceland.</b><br><br>A cursory police investigation calls it suicide. She's just another statistic, soon forgotten. <br><br> But not by Reykjavik Detective Inspector Hulda Hermannsdóttir. <br><br> Difficult and unconventional, Hulda is being forced into early retirement. <br><br> Offered one last cold case to investigate she chooses Elena's. <br><br> And when she discovers another woman vanished at a similar time, she believes a killer roams free.<br><br> With days before she's stripped of her badge, can Hulda catch the killer alone?<br> ____________<br><br><b>THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR</b><br><br> <b>'Superb . . . chilling . . . one of the greatest tragic heroines of contemporary detective fiction'</b> <i>Sunday Times <br> </i><br> <b>'Outstanding'</b> <i>Daily Mail<br> </i><br> <b>'Expertly plotted, with an ending that's a true shocker' </b><i>Guardian<br></i><br><b>'Brilliantly effective. Each book enraptures us' </b><i>The Times Literary Supplement</i><br><br> <b>'Magnificently dark and twisted and that ending - blimey!'</b> C. J. Tudor, bestselling author of <i>The Chalk Man<br><br> </i></p> <p><b>FEATURED IN <i>THE TIMES</i> TOP 100 CRIME NOVELS SINCE 1945<br><br>SOON TO BE A MAJOR TV SERIES</b><br> <b><br> 'An intelligent, provocative whodunit with a killer twist' </b>IAN RANKIN<br> ____________<br> <b><br> A body is found off the coast of Iceland.</b><br><br>A cursory police investigation calls it suicide. She's just another statistic, soon forgotten. <br><br> But not by Reykjavik Detective Inspector Hulda Hermannsdóttir. <br><br> Difficult and unconventional, Hulda is being forced into early retirement. <br><br> Offered one last cold case to investigate she chooses Elena's. <br><br> And when she discovers another woman vanished at a similar time, she believes a killer roams free.<br><br> With days before she's stripped of her badge, can Hulda catch the killer alone?<br> ____________<br><br><b>THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR</b><br><br> <b>'Superb . . . chilling . . . one of the greatest tragic heroines of contemporary detective fiction'</b> <i>Sunday Times <br> </i><br> <b>'Outstanding'</b> <i>Daily Mail<br> </i><br> <b>'Expertly plotted, with an ending that's a true shocker' </b><i>Guardian<br></i><br><b>'Brilliantly effective. Each book enraptures us' </b><i>The Times Literary Supplement</i><br><br> <b>'Magnificently dark and twisted and that ending - blimey!'</b> C. J. Tudor, bestselling author of <i>The Chalk Man<br><br> </i></p>