Reviews

• “The Prey is an extraordinarily creepy mystery. Sigurdardottir can make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up whether describing the weird and wintry terrain of southern Iceland or the odd behaviour of a cat called Puss. The outer darkness reflects that within the characters. One of the doomed hikers asks herself: “Was there no end to the wretchedness and cruelty of the world?” The answer she receives will make your blood run cold.”

• “Sigurdardottir is a skilled hand and ties all her threads and twists together neatly, but it’s her thrilling tale of a struggle to survive in freezing temperatures, under a sky that never seems to lighten, that provides the real chill factor here.”

• “Sigurdardóttir’s novels are always suffused with a sense of unease and her characters struggle with mental turmoil as well as hostile conditions. Lyrical landscape descriptions combine with intimations of terrible events in the past in this haunting story. ”

• “If you like your chilling thrillers ice-cold and with an epic plot twist, then look no further. /…/ Another atmospheric, twisty thrill-fest from Sigurdardóttir. ”

• “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.”