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When a depressed, alcoholic single mother disappears, everything suggests suicide, until her body is found on the lava fields. Icelandic Detective Elma and her team are thrust into a perplexing, chilling investigation in book two in the award-winning, international bestselling Forbidden Iceland series. `Chilling and addictive, with a twist you won't see coming. I loved it!'?Shari?Lapena `An exciting and harrowing tale'?Ragnar?J?nasson `Complex, gripping and moving' The Times `Eerie and chilling. I loved every word!'?Lesley Kara _____________ When single mother Mar?anna disappears from her home, leaving an apologetic note on the kitchen table, everyone assumes that she's taken her own life . until her body is found on the Gr?br?k lava fields seven months later, clearly the victim of murder.?Her neglected fifteen-year-old daughter Hekla has been placed in foster care, but is her perfect new life hiding something sinister? Fifteen years earlier, a desperate new mother lies in a maternity ward, unable to look at her own child, the start of an odd and broken relationship that leads to a shocking tragedy. Police officer Elma and her colleagues take on the case, which becomes increasingly complex, as the number of suspects grows and new light is shed on Mar?anna's past - and the childhood of a girl who never was like the others. Breathtakingly chilling and tantalisingly twisty,?Girls Who Lie?is at once a startling, tense psychological thriller and a sophisticated police procedural, marking Eva Bj?rg ?gisdottir as one of the most exciting new names in crime fiction. _______________Praise for Eva Bj?rg ?gisdottir***WINNER of the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger*** `Fans of Nordic Noir will love this . subtle, nuanced, with a sympathetic central character and the possibilities of great stories to come'?Ann Cleeves `Not only a full-fat mystery, but also a chilling demonstration of how monsters are made'?The Times `Beautifully written, spine-tingling and disturbing . a thrilling new voice in Icelandic crime fiction'?Yrsa Sigurdard?ttir `As chilling and atmospheric as an Icelandic winter'?Lisa Gray `Elma is a fantastic heroine'?Sunday Times `Eva Bj?rg Aegisd?ttir is definitely a born storyteller and she skilfully surprised me with some amazing plot twists'?Hilary Mortz `An unsettling and exciting read with a couple of neat red herrings to throw?the?reader off?the?scent'?NB Magazine `Chilling and troubling . reminiscent of?Jorn Lier Horst`s Norwegian procedurals. This is a book that makes an impact'?Crime Fiction Lover `Elma is a memorably complex character'?Financial Times `The twist comes out of the blue . enthralling'?Tap The Line Magazine ?For fans of Ragnar Jonasson, Camilla Lackberg, Ruth Rendell, Gillian McAllister and Shari Lapena
Binding: Paperback / softback
Binding: Paperback / softback