The Swell [electronic resource] : A spellbinding, captivating dual-timeline mystery set in Iceland and steeped in myth
Gordon, Kat2025
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'Spellbinding . . . I could not put The Swell down' Anya Bergman 'A deeply satisfying, deftly woven novel of female power and resistance' Anna Hope 'Bewitching . . . as beautiful as it is haunting' Freya Berry 'Addictive and twisty' Liza Klaussman 'Gripping, bewitching and laced with atmosphere' Harriet Constable 'Atmospheric . . . Kat Gordon is a master storyteller' Cathryn Kemp 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.
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Gordon, Kat, Author
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[Place of publication not identified] : Bonnier Books UK, 2025
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1 online resource (1 text file)
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Mode of access: Internet
Biography/History:
Kat Gordon worked briefly at Time Out, as a gymnastics coach, an HIV counsellor, and as the world's worst bartender before publishing her first novel, The Artificial Anatomy of Parks. Her second novel, An Unsuitable Woman, was picked by Richard and Judy for their Book Club. Having lived in Budapest and Reykjavik, she is currently settled in London with her partner and their son.
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9781786584359
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English
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8458441
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