Reviews

• “Terrifying and edge-of-your-seat thrilling Icelandic horror.”

• “An excellent and grim suspense story.”

• “Yrsa Sigurdardottir has accomplished a well-constructed and enigmatic crime novel, where she in an effective succession pulls one hair-raising scene after another out of the drawer, full of mystical and anxiety inducing details.”

• “Yrsa is on a roll this year. /…/ She’s on fire in this novel. /…/ Yrsa does a fantastic job of raising the horror and creepiness levels without ever going too far.”

• “The atmosphere is like a geyser erupting. At first everything seems calm, then it begins to simmer, then boil, and finally the walls come down and all hell breaks loose. The Prey may cause you sleepless nights. The story is thrilling and well-constructed, the premise scary and chilling.”

• “All of the various storyline threads are extremely suspenseful and gripping, leaving the reader’s nerves on edge. /…/ This is a ghostly and spellbinding thriller that is hard to put down.”