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Icelandic sisters Áróra and Ísafold live in different countries and aren‘t on speaking terms, but when their mother loses contact with Ísafold, Áróra reluctantly returns to Iceland to find her sister. But she soon realises that her sister isn’t avoiding her...she has disappeared.

As she confronts Ísafold’s abusive, drug-dealing boyfriend Björn and begins to probe her sister’s reclusive neighbours, Áróra is led into an ever-darker web of intrigue and manipulation. Baffled by the conflicting details of her sister’s life and blinded by the shivering bright midnight sun of the Icelandic summer, Áróra enlists the help of police officer Daníel, as she tries to track her sister’s movements and begins to tail Björn - but she isn’t the only one watching....

©2019, 2021 Lilja Sigurðardóttir, Translation Quentin Bates (P)2021 Isis Publishing Ltd Crime Fiction Crime Thrillers Detective Domestic Thrillers Fiction International Mystery & Crime Mystery Thriller Thriller & Suspense Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Crime
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My first impression was that this book was read by Lauren Laverne on acid. I think the recording speed is wrong, shop I had to slow it down in case the narrator had a breakdown.

I was recommended the book by Michael Ridpath on his FB page, but it was nowhere near as good as his Fire & Ice series. I think it was missing the sense of place that his books create.. Iceland is always a character in his books.. you know where you are. In this I felt it could have been as easily set in any big city.

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