The Wake

Dubbed “The undisputed Queen of Icelandic Noir” by Simon Kernick, this chilling thriller unfolds on the remote Westmann Islands, where a group of young professionals reunite for a friend’s wake—only to be haunted by the dark memories of a university party they’d hoped to forget. When two bodies are discovered near the lighthouse keeper’s house where they had stayed, medical examiner Iðunn is called in to assist the local police. Returning to the island stirs up painful memories and unresolved family tensions for Iðunn, but as secrets unravel and danger escalates, the question looms: can anyone escape the deadly truth unscathed?