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The Girl by the Bridge
The Girl by the Bridge
Nov 17, 2024 4:52 PM

Author:Arnaldur Indridason,Philip Roughton

The Girl by the Bridge

One girl missing. Another found dead. Only one detective can solve this case.

'One of the greats of modern crime fiction' Sunday Times

When a young woman known for drug smuggling goes missing, her elderly grandparents have no choice but to call the retired Detective Konrád.

Still looking for his own father's murderer, Konrád agrees to investigate the case.

But digging into the past reveals more than he set out to discover, and a strange connection to a little girl who drowned in the Reykjavík city pond decades ago recaptures everyone's attention.

A brilliant, chilling tale of broken dreams and children who have nowhere to turn.

'The undisputed king of the Icelandic thriller' Guardian

'An international literary phenomenon - and it's easy to see why. His novels are gripping, authentic, haunting, and lyrical' Harlan Coben

Reviews

The second novel in Arnaldur Indridason's intriguing new series, The Girl by the Bridge...is as darkly brilliant as anything he has written

—— Sunday Times

Short, crisply written chapters move the action briskly along while keeping all the seemingly disparate pieces of the puzzle in the mix. Veteran Indridason weaves all these eerie elements together masterfully. Superb crime fiction from an acclaimed virtuoso.

—— Kirkus Starred review

Chilling . . . Her most complex and terrifying yet. The three intriguing locked-room mysteries in an eerie end-of-the-world setting provide the springboard for an enjoyable, fast-paced and captivating thrill ride. You'll be on tenterhooks throughout as the story builds inexorably to a grand reveal and a shocking finale

—— Sunday Express

C.J. Tudor is a genre fiction pioneer. With every new book, she manages to achieve what most writers can only dream of, and The Drift is no exception. Taut, action-packed and oh-so-clever, this thrilling rollercoaster of a ride takes the reader on a journey into the frozen unknown

—— FIONA CUMMINS

Whoa! I raced through this in a couple of days. SO good, SO gripping, SO clever. A runaway train of a book

—— JANE FALLON

Sublimely executed, this is a dystopian thriller of real class.

—— Daily Mail

Fast-paced with twists and thrills, this brutally chilling novel will keep you on tenterhooks

—— Crime Monthly

Atmospheric, with suspense dialled up to the max, and at times heavily claustrophobic, this is a page-turner which flirts heavily with horror and delivers on all counts

—— Crime Time

A chilling, captivating thrill ride

—— Sunday Express

Fast-paced atmospheric story

—— Candis

Tudor has a lot of scary, horror-tinged fun

—— Observer

Without fail, CJ delivers every single time. The Drift is a tense, nail biting thriller that's smart, gripping and brilliantly twisty. Faultless.

—— JOHN MARRS

Absolutely raced through it...An action-packed and chilling horror thriller that's like Station Eleven re-crafted by John Carpenter

—— MARK EDWARDS

Wow! Very clever, mysterious and thrilling with twists and turns that will smack you in the face like many evil snowballs

—— SUSI HOLLIDAY

Heart-poundingly mysterious, breathtakingly twisty, and emotive like a sucker-punch to the chest. The Drift is unputdownable!

—— STEPH BROADRIBB

In this tour de force from Tudor (The Burning Girls), a postapocalyptic thriller, a haven called the Retreat, which has been constructed for a select few in the wake of a devastating new plague, proves to be not much of a haven. Some of those in residence at the mountainside facility begin to disappear, even as vital supplies go missing and power outages increase, leading up to the discovery of a body floating in the recreational pool. Meanwhile, a cable car transporting a group to the Retreat is stranded mid-journey; its occupants, including Meg, a former homicide cop, are stunned to find they're trapped with a corpse, whom Meg recognizes. And a second group also faces a threat to their lives; Hannah Grant has been evacuated from a boarding school, but the bus she's in crashes, possibly not by accident, trapping her and several others. Tudor shifts among the three situations, teasing a common link, and gradually ratchets up the pressure on his characters as they try to preserve their humanity while surviving. This is a masterpiece of its kind.

—— PUBLISHERS WEEKLY [starred review]

A captivating thrill ride

—— DAILY EXPRESS

A gripping tale

—— DAILY MAIL

Praise for C. J. Tudor

—— :

Some writers have it and some don't. C. J. Tudor has it big time

—— Lee Child

C. J. Tudor is terrific. I can't wait to see what she does next

—— Harlan Coben

If you like my stuff, you'll like this

—— Stephen King

Britain's female Stephen King

—— Daily Mail

Taut, tense and deliciously dark, C.J. Tudor's post-apocalyptic thrill ride is unmissable

—— TIM WEAVER

A taut and pacy thriller...North has a masterful approach to a sensitive subject and keeps you hooked.

—— Sun

The most original crime novel you'll read this year.

—— Mystery People

Perceptive, disturbing, mind-bending, and unafraid to explore the poison that infects families living under the spotlight, this is a gripping read from the first page right through to the final, breath-taking dénouement.

—— Lancashire Evening Post
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