Rating 3.4* out of 5. This book sat on my shelf for more than a year. The first book I read by the same author had some paranormal aspect, which I find really off-putting for "reality set" fiction. This book was, despite the blurb, free of ghosts, if not of ghostly aspects.

A luxury yacht arrives in Reykjavik without crew or passengers. Everyone is baffled. There was a family on board, parents and twin girls. They have a third child, too small to join, staying with grandparents. The latter want to see life insurance settled so that they can take care of the little girl. Insurance companies of course, are loath to make big pay-outs for people without death certificates. So lawyer Tora tries to help them.

Intertwined with Tora's search for answers, is the story of the cruise as told by the family with the twins. It's a troubled one, increasingly claustrophobic. The author does an excellent job building atmosphere. The ending fell a little bit flat, but nonetheless, I'm more inclined to read more from this author now than I was before reading this book.