Yrsa sigurdardottir books and biography waterstones. Yrsa sigurdardottir is an awardwinning, bestselling crime novelist from iceland. This was another great read, nice and dark and gritty just how i like them. Icelands queen of crime yrsa sigurdardottir brings her newest series to the us in february, and its an absolute knockout. Dziela yrsy siguradottir to juz kanon wspolczesnej swiatowej literatury kryminalnej.
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