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Home Before Dark

By: Eva Björg Ægisdóttir
Narrated by: Diana Croft
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November, 1967, Iceland. Fourteen-year-old Marsi has a secret penpal – a boy who lives on the other side of the country – but she has been writing to him in her older sister's name. Now she is excited to meet him for the first time. But when the date arrives, Marsi is prevented from going, and during the night her sister Stína goes missing – her bloodstained anorak later found at the place where Marsibil and her penpal had agreed to meet.

November, 1977. Stína's disappearance remains unsolved. Then an unexpected letter arrives for Marsi. It's from her penpal, and he's still out there… Desperate for news of her missing sister, but terrified that he might coming after her next, Marsi returns to her hometown and embarks on an investigation of her own. But Marsi has always had trouble distinguishing her vivid dreams from reality, and as insomnia threatens her sanity, it seems she can't even trust her own memories … and her sister's killer is still on the loose…

©2023 Eva Björg Ægisdóttir (P)2025 Isis Audio Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Psychological Small Town & Rural Suspense Thriller & Suspense World Literature Dream
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The central character and narrator was very gripping. Really well thought our plot and characters.

Excellent characterisation and plot

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À mesmerising, atmospheric story which appeals on so many levels-characterisation, twists, location and the who dunnit element!

The quality of the plot

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Good story, great translation and well-narrated. Very much enjoy this author and this narrator. I didn't even "marple" it!

Great as always

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I loved everything. This was my first experience of this author and I look forward to reading, or listening to, more of he

The tension generated by the narrator and the atmosphere of suspense.

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