129 × 198 SPINE: 21.5mm
ICELAND MONITOR DAILY
A woman is found murdered in her Reykjavík home, her apartment ransacked. On her desk lies a note with retired detective Konrad’s phone number. Days earlier, she had begged him to find the child she gave up nearly fifty years ago. But Konrad, reluctant to reopen old wounds, turned her away. Now, haunted by guilt, he vows to uncover the truth – for her and for himself. As Konrad digs into the woman’s past, he is drawn into a web of secrets, lies and betrayal. Each revelation points to a hidden life that connects her death to a decades-old murder – and to shadows from Konrad’s own family history. ‘One of the greats of modern crime fiction’ SUNDAY TIMES
‘The undisputed king of the Icelandic thriller’ GUARDIAN
UK £9.99 • CAN $21.99 I S B N 978-1-5299-3471-7
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781529 934717
VINTAGE
62199
Penguin Random House penguin.co.uk/vintage
Cover design by Dan Mogford • Cover photo: Shutterstock
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THE QUIET MOTHER
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A LIFETIME OF SECRETS. A MURDER THAT WILL EXPOSE THE TRUTH.
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