Girls Who Lie - Limited Edition

About the book

When a depressed, alcoholic single mother disappears, everything suggests suicide, but when her body is found, Icelandic Detective Elma and her team are thrust into a perplexing, chilling investigation.
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When single mother Maranna 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 Grbrk 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 Marannas 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 Bjrg gisdottir as one of the most exciting new names in crime fiction.

Praise for Eva Björg Ægisdottir

An exciting and harrowing tale from one of Icelands rising stars Ragnar Jnasson

'Fans of Nordic Noir will love this moving debut from Icelander Eva Bjrg gisdttirs. It's subtle, nuanced, with a sympathetic central character and the possibilities of great stories to come' Ann Cleeves

Eva Bjrg gisdttirs accomplished first novel is not only a full-fat mystery, but also a chilling demonstration of how monsters are made The Times

Elma is a memorably complex character, and Victoria Cribbs translation is (as usual) non-pareil Financial Times

Elma is a fantastic heroine Sunday Times