{"title":"Books by Lilja Sigurdardottir","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9781914585326","title":"Red As Blood","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eÁ              ró              ra becomes involved in the search for an Icelandic woman who disappeared from her home while making dinner, as she continues to hunt for her missing sister. The second breathtaking instalment in the chilling, addictive An Á              ró              ra Investigation series…             \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘             Icelandic crime-writing at its finest …              immersive and unnerving’              \u003cb\u003eShari Lapena\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘             Chilly and chilling …              Lilja Sigurð              ardó              ttir's terrific investigator Á              ró              ra is back for another tense and thrilling read. 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If Flosi doesn’             t agree to pay an enormous ransom, Gudrun will be killed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForbidden from contacting the police, he gets in touch with Á              ró              ra, who specialises in finding hidden assets, and she, alongside her detective friend Daniel, try to get to the bottom of the case without anyone catching on.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeanwhile, Á              ró              ra and Daniel continue the puzzling, devastating search for Á              ró              ra’             s sister Í              safold, who disappeared without trace. As fog descends, in a cold and rainy Icelandic autumn, the investigation becomes increasingly dangerous, and confusing. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChilling, twisty and unbearably tense, \u003ci\u003eRed as Blood\u003c\/i\u003e is the second instalment in the riveting, addictive An Á              ró              ra Investigation series, and everything is at stake…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘             Lilja is a stand-out voice in Iceland Noir’              \u003cb\u003eJames Oswald\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘             Sure to please Scandi noir fans’              \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘             One of my new favourite series …              Á              ró              ra’             s brains and brawn, combined with the super-cool Icelandic setting, is a winning combination’              \u003cb\u003eMichael J. Malone\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘             So atmospheric’              \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrime Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘             Á              ró              ra is a wonderful character: unique, passionate, unpredictable and very real’              \u003cb\u003eMichael Ridpath\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for Lilja Sigurð              ardó              ttir\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘             Another bleak, unpredictable classic’              \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMetro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘             Intricate, enthralling and very moving –              a wonderful crime novel’              \u003cb\u003eWilliam Ryan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘             Three things we love about \u003ci\u003eCold as Hell\u003c\/i\u003e: Iceland’             s unrelenting midnight sun; the gritty Nordic murder mystery; the peculiar and bewitching characters’              \u003cb\u003eApple Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Smart writing with a strongly beating heart' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBig Issue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Tough, uncompromising and unsettling' \u003cb\u003eVal McDermid\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Tense and pacey' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Deftly plotted' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Tense, edgy and delivering more than a few unexpected twists and turns' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘             The intricate plot is breathtakingly original, with many twists and turns you never see coming. 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But when her son Tomas is taken, she’s back to square one … and Iceland.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Her lover, Agla, is awaiting sentencing for financial misconduct after the banking crash, and Sonja refuses to see her. And that’s not all … Agla owes money to some extremely powerful men, and they’ll stop at nothing to get it back.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e With her former nemesis, customs officer Bragi, on her side, Sonja puts her own plan into motion, to bring down the drug barons and her scheming ex-husband, and get Tomas back safely. 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