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Night Shadows (Forbidden Iceland 3)
Eva Björg Ægisdóttir

The small community of Akranes is devastated when a young man dies in a mysterious house fire, and when Detective Elma and her colleagues from West Iceland CID discover the fire was arson, they become embroiled in an increasingly perplexing case involving multiple suspects. What’s more, the dead man’s final online search raises fears that they could be investigating not one murder, but two.

A few months before the fire, a young Dutch woman takes a job as an au pair in Iceland, desperate to make a new life for herself after the death of her father. But the seemingly perfect family who employs her turns out to have problems of its own and she soon discovers she is running out of people to turn to.

As the police begin to home in on the truth, Elma, already struggling to come to terms with a life-changing event, finds herself in mortal danger as it becomes clear that someone has secrets they’ll do anything to hide…

GENRE
Scandi-Noir; Crime; Thriller; Mystery

UK PUBLICATION
July 2022

​Praise

Winner of the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger 2022

"Ægisdóttir marshals her huge cast with great skill: none of them — colleagues, relatives, suspects — are mere puppets. She is a master of misdirection and thematic development — babies planned and unplanned play a major role — gradually drawing the many plot strands together in a thrilling climax. Like its predecessors in the 
Forbidden Iceland series, this is a sad story but a joy to read, even at two in the morning."
The Times

"Chilling and addictive, with a completely unexpected twist."
Shari Lapena

"
Another beautifully written novel from one of the rising stars of Nordic Noir."
Victoria Selman

"Her best, boldest work to date: a mystery both merciless and compassionate, subtly eerie yet flat-out frightening, featuring a detective as complicated as Jo Nesbø’s Harry Hole. This is virtuoso suspense writing."
​A. J. Finn


Also by Eva Björg Ægisdóttir

Hidden Iceland series
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​Rights Sales for NIGHT SHADOWS

France: Editions de la Martiniere
Netherlands: 
De Fontein 
World English Language: Orenda Books ​

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