Swell: A captivating mystery set in Iceland and steeped in myth, Paperback/***

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. Publisher: Bonnier Books Ltd Publication date: 2025 Dimensions: 232 x 154 x 28 Cover type: Paperback