Can’t Run, Can’t Hide
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On a cold winter evening in a secluded fjord in Iceland, a neighbour visits the house of a family that has not been seen in a week. No one comes to the door when he knocks. After breaking down the back door, his worst fears are realised. Their home is now an horrific crime scene.
Policeman Týr and forensic pathologist Iðunn are called to the house to investigate. As the case advances, harrowing secrets about the family are revealed. Along with a young policeman Karó, the investigative team quickly realise that the case forces them to face their own suppressed past and opens a Pandora's box to much darker crimes.
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Karólína, Týr & Iðunn is a 1-book series first released in 2021 with contributions by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir.
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A new book from Yrsa Sigurðardóttir is always a much anticipated treat for me, and the lady never disappoints. Never, I tell you. This one was no exception.
Can't Run, Can't Hide has all the ingredients I've come to expect from Yrsa:
Rural/Isolated Setting: ✅
Winter/Blizzard/Darkness: ✅
Multiple Murders: ✅
Pervading Sense of Terror: ✅
Unpredictable: ✅
Major Twist: ✅
Well Paced: ✅
Four people are found dead in an isolated farmhouse, by a neighbour who hasn't seen them for some time. Policeman Týr and his colleague Karó, are sent from Reykjavík to assist their colleagues in Akranes with the investigation.
The story is told from two POV'S, across two timelines: Policeman Týr in present time, and Sóldís in the days preceding the murders. It is this latter POV that is the most unsettling, documenting as it does for the reader, the strange occurrences at the farmhouse.
Can't Run, Can't Hide is well paced, and the terror is almost palpable. The suspense oozes from the pages, and just when you think you know what happened, the rug is pulled from beneath you.
