Author Yrsa Sigurðardóttir‘s thriller and crime stories are characterized by Iceland's landscapes: mysterious, surprising, and more often than not sinister, and overpowering. In her latest book ‹The Exchange› (Fischer, 2014) a lighthouse island forms a tiny dot in the icy cold, rough waves of the Atlantic. Here, four travellers spend a day and a night; however, a storm is raging, and the next day one of them has disappeared. At the very same time, a family disappears in Reykjavík... Yrsa Sigurðardóttir‘s new Icelandic-thriller has everything a gripping read needs: typical Icelandic-flair, spectacular scenery and a captivating story. The discussion will be moderated and translated by Ursula Giger (Icelandic-professor, literary promoter), while Miriam Japp will read from the German translation.