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 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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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 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
