Description
On the first day of a new school, Vaka waits outside in the cold—her father is late, her mother seems to have forgotten, and the small moment of abandonment quickly curdles into something far more dangerous. As the case draws in investigators, the story peels back layers of childhood trauma and the quiet ways it can echo through adulthood, shaping choices, relationships, and guilt. With a gritty, tightly plotted procedural feel, this novel explores how violence and neglect can become a legacy, not just an event. Yrsa Sigurdardottir’s sharp, layered storytelling turns a seemingly straightforward disappearance into a tense reckoning with memory, responsibility, and the cost of what we refuse to face.
Available Editions
paperback
Hodder & Stoughton
Published Jan 1, 2018
416 pages
ISBN: 9781473621565
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Details
First Published
2018
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Reckoning by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir.