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 Jónasson
‘Complex, gripping and moving’ The Times
‘Eerie and chilling. I loved every word!’ Lesley Kara
When single mother Maríanna 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 Grábrók 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 Maríanna’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 Björg Ægisdottir as one of the most exciting new names in crime fiction.
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‘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 Sigurðardóttir
‘As chilling and atmospheric as an Icelandic winter’ Lisa Gray
‘Elma is a fantastic heroine’ Sunday Times
‘Eva Björg Aegisdóttir 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
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