<p><font>''Iceland''s <b>outstanding </b>crime novelist'' <i>Daily Express</font></i><br><br>On a jagged, bleak lava field just outside Reykjavik stands the Gallows Rock. Once a place of execution, it is now a tourist attraction. Until this morning, when a man was found hanging from it...<br><br>The nail embedded in his chest proves it wasn''t suicide. But when the police go to his flat, a further puzzle awaits: a four-year-old boy has been left there. He doesn''t seem to have any link with the victim, his parents cannot be found, and his drawings show he witnessed something terrible.<br><br>As detective Huldar hunts the killer, and child psychologist Freyja looks for the boy''s parents, the mystery unfolds: a story of violence, entitlement, and revenge.<br><br><b>Praise for Yrsa Sigurdardottir</b><br><br>''Iceland''s <b>outstanding </b>crime novelist'' <i>Daily Express</i><br><br>''A <b>magnificent </b>writer'' Karin Slaughter<br><br>''The undisputed <b>queen of Icelandic No