Boys Who Hurt: Volume 5
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Fresh from maternity leave, Detective Elma investigates complex case of a man murdered in a holiday cottage, while S var discovers something in a discarded box that could help crack the case. The multi-award-winning, NUMBER ONE bestselling Forbidden Iceland series continues...
She uses complex plots to explore how monsters are made and demonstrate that "evil can lurk behind the most attractive of smiles". Her many characters are people not puppets and she delights in pulling the rug from under their -and our - feet. If you have never read Aegisdottir, now is the time to start Mark Sanderson, The Times
Meticulously plotted, this beautifully written novel has it all: a shocking murder, small-town secrets, a cast of suspicious characters and a compelling female detective ... Eva Bj rg Aegisd ttir at her best Lesley Kara
Emotive, atmospheric and chillingly suspenseful ... one of the best thrillers I've read in a long time AA Chaudhuri
A detective as complicated as Jo Nesb 's Harry Hole. This is virtuoso suspense writing AJ Finn
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Fresh from maternity leave, Detective Elma finds herself confronted with a complex case, when a man is found murdered in a holiday cottage in the depths of the Icelandic countryside - the victim of a frenzied knife attack, with a shocking message scrawled on the wall above him.
At home with their baby daughter, S var is finding it hard to let go of work, until the chance discovery in a discarded box provides him with a distraction. Could the diary of a young boy, detailing the events of a long-ago summer have a bearing on Elma's case?
Once again, the team at West Iceland CID have to contend with local secrets in the small town of Akranes, where someone has a vested interest in preventing the truth from coming to light. And S var has secrets of his own that threaten to destroy his and Elma's newfound happiness.
Tense, twisty and shocking, Boys Who Hurt is the next, addictive instalment in the award-winning Forbidden Iceland series, as dark events from the past endanger everything...
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Your new Nordic Noir obsession Vogue
So chilling Crime Monthly
PRAISE FOR THE FORBIDDEN ICELAND SERIES
Chilling and addictive, with a completely unexpected twist Shari Lapena
Riveting, exciting, entertaining and packed with intrigue Liz Nugent
Fans of Nordic Noir will love this Ann Cleeves
A tense, twisty page-turner that you'll have serious trouble putting down Catherine Ryan Howard
One of the rising stars of Nordic Noir Victoria Selman
Eerie and chilling Lesley Kara
A creepily compelling Icelandic mystery Heidi Amsinck
Elma is a memorably complex character Financial Times
An exciting and harrowing tale Ragnar J nasson
Fantastic Sunday Times
So atmospheric Heat
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