The Absolution: A Thriller

by Yrsa Sigurdardottir

Overview

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 video shows a terrified young woman begging for forgiveness. When her body is found, it is marked with a number “2”.

Detective Huldar joins the investigation, bringing child psychologist Freyja on board to help question the murdered teenager's friends. Soon, they uncover that Stella was far from the angel people claim, but who could have hated her enough to kill?

Then another teenager goes missing, more clips are sent to social media, and the body with a “3” is found. Freyja and Huldar can agree on two things at least: the truth is far from simple. The killer is not done yet. And is there an undiscovered body carrying the number “1” out there?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781250136312
Publisher:	St. Martin's Publishing Group
Publication date:	02/11/2020
Series:	Children's House , #3
Sold by:	Macmillan
Format:	eBook
Pages:	400
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

YRSA SIGURDARDÓTTIR (pronounced EAR-suh SIG-ur-dar-daughter) lives with her family in Reykjavík. She is a director of one of Iceland’s largest engineering firms. Her work is climbing bestseller lists all over the world, and films are currently in production for several of her books. Her titles include The Day is Dark and Ashes to Dust.
YRSA SIGURDARDÓTTIR (pronounced UR-suh SIG-ur-dar-daughter) lives with her family in Reykjavík; she is also a director of one of Iceland's largest engineering firms. Her work is found on bestseller lists all over the world, and films are currently in production for several of her books. Her titles include, The Day is Dark and Ashes to Dust.

Editorial Reviews

A CrimeReads Most Anticipated Crime Book of 2020!

"Stellar . . .This heart-wrenching story deserves a wide audience." - Publisher's Weekly (Starred)

"Sigurdardóttir is masterful at blending examinations of complex social ills with satisfying procedural details, and this episode proves to be a compassionate, timely bar-raiser in a fine series." - Booklist

"Sigurdardottir creates an intense focus upon and thorough examination of bullying, including issues of isolation, suicide, counseling, and inept prevention in this excellent, gritty thriller that will appeal to series fans of Kimberly McCreight's Reconstructing Amelia." - Library Journal

"Iceland's Queen of Crime brings to her excellent procedural series a twisted imagination and a knack for intricate plotting. Combining gritty visceral crime writing, with a twisted imagination and masterful plotting, Yrsa Sigurdardottir's Children's House series is one of my personal favorite series launched over the past few years." - Crime by the Book

From the Publisher

Lucy Paterson brings finely honed narration skills to this mystery involving bullying, trauma, and murder. Her very English voice is smooth and expressive, her characters well delineated. In this third installment featuring the Icelandic team of psychologist Freyja and detective Huldar, someone is killing school bullies. The first victim is Stella, who is brutally attacked in a movie theater. Then clips of the murder are shared with her peers on Snapchat. This murder is followed by others. There are layers to the bullying theme—Freyja was bullied when she was younger, and there is a form of adult semi-bullying going on among the police in the form of hostile jokes about gays. Sigurdardottir pulls the pieces into a solid story; Paterson’s performance makes it a more satisfying whole. G.S. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine

FEBRUARY 2020 - AudioFile

Lucy Paterson brings finely honed narration skills to this mystery involving bullying, trauma, and murder. Her very English voice is smooth and expressive, her characters well delineated. In this third installment featuring the Icelandic team of psychologist Freyja and detective Huldar, someone is killing school bullies. The first victim is Stella, who is brutally attacked in a movie theater. Then clips of the murder are shared with her peers on Snapchat. This murder is followed by others. There are layers to the bullying theme—Freyja was bullied when she was younger, and there is a form of adult semi-bullying going on among the police in the form of hostile jokes about gays. Sigurdardottir pulls the pieces into a solid story; Paterson’s performance makes it a more satisfying whole. G.S. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine

FEBRUARY 2020 - AudioFile