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Ashes to Dust a
New Thriller from Yrsa
Thóra peered
at the floor, but couldn't see anything that
could have frightened Markús that much,
only three mounds of dust. She moved the light
of her torch over them. It took her some time to
realize what she was seeing-- and then it was
all she could do not to let the torch slip from
her hand. 'Good God,' she said. She ran the
light over the three faces, one after another.
Sunken cheeks, empty eye-sockets, gaping mouths;
they reminded her of photographs of mummies
she'd once seen in National Geographic. 'Who are
these people?' 'I don't know,' said
Markús... Bodies are discovered in one of
the excavated houses at a volcanic tourist
attraction dubbed 'The Pompeii of the North'.
Markús Magnússon, who was only a
teenager when the volcano erupted, falls under
suspicion and hires attorney Thóra
Gudmundsdottir to defend him - but when his
childhood sweetheart is murdered his case starts
to look more difficult, and the locals seem
oddly reluctant to back him up.. The third crime
novel from international bestseller Yrsa
Sigurdardottir, and the third featuring her
popular heroine Thora, ASHES TO DUST is tense,
taut and terrifying.
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