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  • Bibliography:
    18 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    October 2007
  • Latest Book:
    November 2023
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Full Series List in Order

Children's House

1 - The Legacy (Feb-2018)
2 - The Reckoning (Feb-2019)
3 - The Absolution (Feb-2020)

Thora Gudmundsdottir

1 - Last Rituals (Oct-2007)
2 - My Soul to Take (Jan-2009)
3 - Ashes to Dust (Apr-2012)
4 - The Day Is Dark (Mar-2013)
5 - Someone to Watch Over Me (Feb-2015)
6 - Silence of the Sea (Feb-2016)

Book List in Order: 18 titles



  • At a university in Reykjavik, the body of a young German student is discovered, his eyes cut out and strange symbols carved into his chest. Police waste no time in making an arrest, but the victim's family isn't convinced that the right man is in cus...



  • A murder on the unforgiving Icelandic coast unearths a dark past in this thriller by the acclaimed author of Last Rituals.Attorney and single mother Thóra Gudmundsdóttir is on the west coast of Iceland, where a client named Jonas is turning an old ...



  • In 1973, a volcanic eruption buried an entire Icelandic village in lava and ash. Now, hoping to make some cash, a crew is assembled to excavate the site and turn it into a tourist destination. Markús, who was a teenager when the volcano erupted, enl...



  • There’s something out there… Yrsa Sigurdardóttir is widely regarded around the world as one of the best Nordic crime writers working today. Yrsa’s previous book in the series, Ashes to Dust, also featured lawyer and sometime sleuth Thóra G...



  • I Remember You won the Icelandic Crime Fiction Award and also was nominated for The Glass Key Award. In this terrifying tale, three friends set to work renovating a rundown house in a remote, totally isolated location. But they soon realize they a...



  • Bestselling and award-winning Icelandic crime author Yrsa Sigurdardottir is back with the next book in her Thóra Gudmundsdóttir series. SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME, the fifth installment in the Thóra Gudmundsdóttir series, was named Crime Novel of t...



  • From the queen of Icelandic crime fiction comes a truly chilling story that will leave readers breathless right up to the memorable ending. This is possibly her best book yet. Bestselling and award-winning Icelandic crime author Yrsa Sigurdardóttir ...



  • Four people are stranded in a small lighthouse on a rock surrounded by raging sea. An ordinary couple return from home-swap in America to find their guests apparently missing. A journalist on the track of an old case hangs himself in his own garage. ...



  • Aldis hates her job working in a juvenile detention center in rural Iceland. The boys are difficult, the owners are unpleasant, and there are mysterious noises at night. And then two of the boys go astray... Decades later, single father Odinn is l...






  • The first installment in a fantastic new series featuring the psychologist Freyja and the police officer Huldar. The only person who might have the answers to a baffling murder case is the victim’s seven-year-old daughter, found hiding in the ro...



  • THE RECKONING is the stunning follow-up to THE LEGACY, which was the start of a thrilling new series that Booklist (starred) recommends for fans of Tana French. Vaka sits, regretting her choice of coat, on the cold steps of her new school. Her fa...



  • The Absolution is the third installment in Queen of Icelandic crime fiction Yrsa Sigurdardóttir’s series about the psychologist Freyja and the police officer Huldar. The police find out about the crime the way everyone does: on Snapchat. The vi...





  • On a jagged, bleak lava field just outside Reykjavik stands the Gallows Rock. Once a place of execution, it is now a tourist attraction. Until this morning, when a man was found hanging from it...

    The nail embedded in his chest proves it was...









Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Yrsa Sigurdardottir has published 18 books.

Yrsa Sigurdardottir does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Prey, was published in November 2023.

The first book by Yrsa Sigurdardottir, Last Rituals, was published in October 2007.

Yes. Yrsa Sigurdardottir has 2 series.