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Girls Who Lie (Forbidden Iceland 2)
Eva Björg Ægisdóttir

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.

GENRE
Crime; Mystery; Scandi-Noir; Thriller

UK PUBLICATION
May 2021

​Praise

Shortlisted for the Storytel Award 2021

"An exciting and harrowing tale from one of Iceland's rising stars."
Ragnar Jónasson

"Chilling and addictive, with a twist you won't see coming. I loved it!"
Shari Lapena

"Complex, gripping and moving."
The Times

"
Eerie and chilling. I loved every word!"
​Lesley Kara


Also by Eva Björg Ægisdóttir

Hidden Iceland series
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​Rights Sales for GIRLS WHO LIE

Estonia: Eesti Raamat
​France: EDLM
Germany: Verlag Kiepenheuer & Witsch
​Iceland: Veröld Publishers
Netherlands:​ De Fontein
​Spain: Atico de los Libros
World English Language: Orenda Books 

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