The Swell: An utterly captivating and atmospheric dual-timeline mystery, set in Iceland

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Kat Gordon

The Swell

An utterly captivating and atmospheric dual-timeline mystery, set in Iceland

Kat Gordon

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Manilla Press
17 June 2025

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Historical fiction

'Spellbinding . . . I could not put The Swell down' Anya Bergman 'A deeply satisfying, deftly woven novel of female power and resistance' Anna Hope 'Bewitching . . . as beautiful as it is haunting' Freya Berry 'Addictive and twisty' Liza Klaussman 'Gripping, bewitching and laced with atmosphere' Harriet Constable 'Atmospheric . . . Kat Gordon is a master storyteller' Cathryn Kemp

IN PLACES OF DARKNESS, WOMEN WILL RISE . . .

Iceland, 1910. In the middle of a severe storm two sisters - Freyja and Gudrun - rescue a mysterious, charismatic man from a shipwreck near their remote farm.

Sixty-five years later, a young woman - Sigga - is spending time with her grandmother when they learn a body has been discovered on a mountainside near Reykjavik, perfectly preserved in ice.

Moving between the turn of the 20th century and the 1970s as a dark mystery is unravelled, The Swell is a spellbinding, beautifully atmospheric read, rich in Icelandic myth.

By: Kat Gordon
Imprint: Manilla Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 245mm, Width: 164mm, Spine: 31mm
Weight: 538g
ISBN: 9781786583529
ISBN 10: 1786583526
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 17 June 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Kat Gordon worked briefly at Time Out, as a gymnastics coach, an HIV counsellor, and as the world's worst bartender before publishing her first novel, The Artificial Anatomy of Parks. Her second novel, An Unsuitable Woman, was picked by Richard and Judy for their Book Club. Having lived in Budapest and Reykjavik, she is currently settled in London with her partner and their son.

Reviews for The Swell: An utterly captivating and atmospheric dual-timeline mystery, set in Iceland

Thoroughly bewitching. Kat Gordon's spare prose is as beautiful as it is haunting. * Freya Berry, author of The Birdcage Library * A skilful, measured, atmospheric mystery set in Iceland and weaving across two timelines. Kat Gordon is a master storyteller. * Cathryn Kemp, author of A Poisoner's Tale * Gripping, bewitching, and laced with atmosphere, reading The Swell was a wonderfully sensory experience. * Harriet Constable, author of The Instrumentalist *