Gættu þinna handa Forget Me Not

The Black Ice Series #2

A group of young professionals travel to the Westmann Islands off the coast of Iceland to attend the funeral of a woman that used to be part of their inner circle. The trip which was also supposed to function as a reunion, turns into a nightmare when the aftermath of a party they attended while at university and have tried to forget, hits them full force. Two bodies are found on a rocky beach close to the refurbished lighthouse keeper’s house that the group had stayed in and Iðunn, Týr and Karó are sent to provide the local police assistance.

Forget Me Not, the second installment of the Black Ice series, puts the spotlight on medical examiner Iðunn who grew up on the island and has ghosts of her own she would prefer to keep at bay, all the while having to focus on a complex investigation of murders that seem to make no sense at all.

Awards

Shortlisted for Storytel Awards Iceland

2024

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Reviews

“The author builds up an intense atmosphere of unease that perfectly suits the island landscape where the story takes place—true Nordic noir style. (…) The book’s narrative drive is formidable, with many surprises and twists in the plot. Forget Me Not is a real page-turner. ”

★★★★★

NRK, Norway
“Yrsa excites her readers every time she writes something new.”

Fréttablaðinu, Iceland
“The way Yrsa Sigurdardóttir turns the windswept island into a trap once again shows the class of the Icelandic queen of Nordic noir.”

Kulturnews, Germany
“Sigurðardóttir is always an elegant narrator in terms of her set-up of discourse and design. (…) there are glorious tones of the magical realism we know from the style of the sagas. Abroad, she [Yrsa Sigurðardóttir] is, of course, crowned queen of Icelandic Noir.”

Politiken, Denmark