The Prey

Translated from Icelandic by Victoria Cribb Discover the utterly terrifying, chilling and gripping new novel from international bestseller YRSA SIGURDARDOTTIR, author of THE DOLL and GALLOWS ROCK 'Lyrical landscape descriptions combine with intimations of terrible events in the past in this haunting story' SUNDAY TIMES 'A generator of fear quite as adroit as Stephen King' THE INDEPENDENT 'A magnificent writer' KARIN SLAUGHTER _________ THE FIRST PHONE CALL SHOCKS A FAMILY. Kolbeinn has been called to his old home. The new owners uncovered some photos, and a muddied child's shoe bearing the name 'Salvor'. A name Kolbeinn doesn't recognise. Soon after, he hears news of his mother's deteriorating health. Her carers say she has been asking for her daughter, his sister: Salvor. THE SECOND TRACKS TWO MISSING COUPLES. Jóhanna is working with the search and rescue team in Höfn to find two couples from Reykjavik. Their phones' last location has been pinpointed to the road leading up into the