An art expert joins a detective to investigate a horrific murder on a Swedish island, leading them to a mystery rooted in Viking rites and Scandinavia ́s deepest, darkest winter. The Queen of French Noir returns with a chilling, utterly captivating gothic thriller, based on a true story. FIRST in a new series. `A dark, dark slice of Scandi Noir ́ Heat magazine *Book of the Month* `Gustawsson`s writing is so vivid, it`s electrifying ́ Peter James `Remember her name. Johana Gustawsson has become a leading figure in French crime fiction [and] Yule Island is impossible to put down ́ Le Monde ***Winner of the Cultura Ligue de l`Imaginaire Award 2023*** ________ Art expert Emma Lindahl is anxious when she ́s asked to appraise the antiques and artefacts in the infamous manor house of one of Sweden`s wealthiest families, on the island of Storholmen, where a young woman was murdered nine years earlier, her killer never found. Emma must work alone, and the Gussman family apparently avoiding her, she sees virtually ...