Two teenage girls investigate a haunting and uncover a deadly mystery buried in their new home.

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(COLD BRIDGE)
by Hildur Knútsdóttir
Forlagid, December 2026
(via KT Literary)

When two 17-year-old girls move into an old house with their recently dating parents, they quickly discover that the house is haunted by a very angry ghost. As they build a relationship of their own (friends? sisters?) and start to investigate who the ghost is and what happened to her, they realize that at least four girls have died in the house since it was built. Will they be next?

Hildur Knútsdóttir was born in Reykjavík, Iceland, in the year 1984. She writes fiction for both adults and teenagers, as well as plays, screenplays and short fiction. Hildur is known for her evocative fantastical fiction and spine-chilling horror, and she has co-authored work with Þórdís Gísladóttir about the humorous crises of modern teenage life. Hildur lives in Reykjavík with her husband and their two daughters.