Girls Who Lie

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
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When single mother Maríanna disappears from her home, leaving an apologetic note on the kitchen table, everyone assumes that shes 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 Maríannas 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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Praise for Eva Björg Ægisdottir

***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 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 Horsts 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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