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The Swell

A captivating mystery set in Iceland and steeped in myth

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Pub Date 27 Feb 2025 | Archive Date 13 Mar 2025

Bonnier Books UK | Manilla Press


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In places of darkness, women will rise . . .

Iceland, 1910. In the middle of a severe storm, two sisters - Freyja and Gudrun - rescue a mysterious, charismatic man from a shipwreck near their remote farm.

Sixty-five years later, a young woman - Sigga - is spending time with her grandmother when they learn a body has been discovered on a mountainside near Reykjavik, perfectly preserved in ice.

Moving between the turn of the 20th century and the 1970s as a dark mystery is unravelled, The Swell is a spellbinding, beautifully atmospheric read, rich in Icelandic myth.

Two sisters, one shipwreck, and a story demanding to be told.

In places of darkness, women will rise . . .

Iceland, 1910. In the middle of a severe storm, two sisters - Freyja and Gudrun - rescue a mysterious, charismatic man from a shipwreck near their...


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EDITION Hardcover
ISBN 9781786583529
PRICE £16.99 (GBP)
PAGES 312

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