
The Shadow of the Northern Lights
The brand new 2025 thriller in the million-copy bestselling, award-winning series
Satu Raemoe(Author)
Zaffre (Publisher)
Published on 9. October 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-1-80418-843-9 (ISBN)
Description
THE THRILLING THIRD BOOK IN THE HILDUR SERIES
As Christmas comes to the west cost of Iceland, a corpse is found in a fish farming pond. Detective Hildur Runarsdottir and trainee Jakob Johanson barely have time to start their investigation before another body is discovered. And soon a third.
While investigating the case, Hildur's lost sister weighs heavy on her mind. Meanwhile, Jakob travels to Finland for the hearing of his fraught custody battle, that leaves him facing dire consequences. As the number of deaths continues to grow, Hildur and Jakob are desperate to catch the killer before they strike again.
Translated by Kristian London
Praise for Satu Raemoe:
'Satu Raemoe's Hildur series is a wildly successful publishing phenomenon that has put the genre of "Nordic blue" on Europe's literary map' The Guardian
'Atmospheric and startlingly original' Sunday Times
'Hildur Runarsdottir, a police detective who surfs the icy waters of Iceland, barrels into the genre like a tsunami. This book must be read in one sitting' Max Seeck, NYT and Der Spiegel bestselling author
'Raemoe plans to continue Hildur's story, and if she does it as well as in this, her debut novel, she may become a significant new name in Nordic crime fiction' Helsingin Sanomat
As Christmas comes to the west cost of Iceland, a corpse is found in a fish farming pond. Detective Hildur Runarsdottir and trainee Jakob Johanson barely have time to start their investigation before another body is discovered. And soon a third.
While investigating the case, Hildur's lost sister weighs heavy on her mind. Meanwhile, Jakob travels to Finland for the hearing of his fraught custody battle, that leaves him facing dire consequences. As the number of deaths continues to grow, Hildur and Jakob are desperate to catch the killer before they strike again.
Translated by Kristian London
Praise for Satu Raemoe:
'Satu Raemoe's Hildur series is a wildly successful publishing phenomenon that has put the genre of "Nordic blue" on Europe's literary map' The Guardian
'Atmospheric and startlingly original' Sunday Times
'Hildur Runarsdottir, a police detective who surfs the icy waters of Iceland, barrels into the genre like a tsunami. This book must be read in one sitting' Max Seeck, NYT and Der Spiegel bestselling author
'Raemoe plans to continue Hildur's story, and if she does it as well as in this, her debut novel, she may become a significant new name in Nordic crime fiction' Helsingin Sanomat
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bonnier Books Ltd
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 31 mm
Weight
265 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-80418-843-9 (9781804188439)
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Person
Satu Raemoe is a bestselling Finnish-born crime author who has lived in Iceland for the past twenty years. Her Nordic crime Hildur series has sold over one million copies worldwide and has been a bestseller in Finland, Iceland, Sweden and Germany. A TV adaptation will premiere in 2026 and the series has also been adapted for the stage. Satu has also published numerous bestselling, prizewinning non-fiction titles in her native Finland.
She lives with her Icelandic husband and two children in the small town of Isafjoer?ur in northwest Iceland.
She lives with her Icelandic husband and two children in the small town of Isafjoer?ur in northwest Iceland.