The Day Is Dark by Yrsa Sigurdardottir, a Dark Toned, Unsettling Crime Suspense Story

Near a small and remote village in Greenland, an aloof and stern geologist Oddny Hildur is working alone in a late night hour. She feels uneasy: as though someone is watching her through the window.



Peering out, she can only see a husky, staring at her. The sight disquiets her, as she remembers that she has seen a local girl who was previously attacked by huskies. What is even worse, from the previous day she remembers seeing a fun video, sent by her colleagues, in which she could catch glimpse of a strange figure in the background. Does the dog want to warn her of unwanted presence…? Notwithstanding she is still afraid, she steps out into the cold night – and disappears.
A couiple of months later two Icelanders also vanish. Thora Gudmundsdottir, an independent yet warm-hearted lawyer in her fourties, investigates their disappearance. The residents of the village are unfriendly and unwilling to speak, yet Thora learns about local susperstitions and legends. According to these, the site is an evil place and the miners should leave it, the sooner the better.

The Icelandic author Yrsa Sigurdardottir has already written riveting suspense/crime stories and she has a master hand in creating tension. The Day is Dark is a best-selling novel in several countries.

Description of The Day Is Dark:
When all contact is lost with two Icelanders working in a harsh and sparsely populated area on the northeast coast of Greenland, Thora is hired to investigate. Is there any connection with the disappearance of a woman from the site some months earlier? And why are the locals so hostile?
Already an international bestseller, this fourth book to feature Thóra Gudmundsdóttir ('a delight' - Guardian) is chilling, unsettling and compulsively readable.