The Stranger from the Mountains 9781806172764 Paperback

THE BRILLIANT FIFTH BOOK IN THE BESTSELLING HILDUR SERIES, SOON TO BE A TV SHOW!Every autumn, farmers in rural Iceland head to the icy heights of the mountains to gather sheep. In a remote valley, a different discovery is made: a corpse, its flesh picked clean by ravens.There’s one detail that makes Detective Hildur Rnarsdttir suspect murder, and an observation by her Aunt Tinna strengthens her suspicions. Hildur has crossed paths with this killer before, and what Aunt Tinna remembers may be the key to catching them.What secrets does Hildur’s past hide? And can she face them before another person is killed?Translated by Kristian LondonPraise for Satu Rm:’Satu Rm’s Hildur series is a wildly successful publishing phenomenon that has put the genre of “Nordic blue” on Europe’s literary map’The Guardian’Atmospheric and startlingly original’Sunday Times’Hildur Rnarsdttir, a police detective who surfs the icy waters of Iceland, barrels into the genre like a tsunami. This book must be read in one sitting’Max Seeck, NYT and Der Spiegel bestselling author’Rm plans to continue Hildur’s story, and if she does it as well as in this, her debut novel, she may become a significant new name in Nordic crime fiction’Helsingin Sanomat