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    You Can't See Me
    Night Shadows
    Girls Who Lie
    Audiobook series3 titles

    Forbidden Iceland Series

    Written by Eva Björg Ægisdóttir

    Narrated by Diana Croft

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    About this series

    The small community of Akranes is devastated after a young man dies in a mysterious house fire. When Detective Elma and her colleagues from West Iceland CID discover the fire was arson, they become embroiled in an increasingly perplexing case. For 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 finds herself in mortal danger - someone has secrets they'll do anything to hide . . .
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIsis Publishing Ltd
    Release dateJul 1, 2021
    You Can't See Me
    Night Shadows
    Girls Who Lie

    Titles in the series (3)

    • 2

      Girls Who Lie
      Girls Who Lie

      Girls Who Lie

      Eva Björg Ægisdóttir
      4/5 - 25 ratings
      4/5 - 25 ratings

      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 in the Grábrók lava fields seven months later, clearly the victim of murder. Her neglected 15-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 . . .

      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 in the Grábrók lava fields seven months later, clearly the victim of murder. Her neglected 15-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 . . .

    • 4

      You Can't See Me
      You Can't See Me

      You Can't See Me

      Eva Björg Ægisdóttir
      0 ratings
      0 ratings

      The wealthy, powerful Snæberg clan has gathered for a family reunion at a futuristic hotel set amongst the dark lava flows of Iceland’s remote Snæfellsnes peninsula. Petra Snæberg, a successful interior designer, is anxious about the event, and her troubled teenage daughter, Lea, whose social-media presence has attracted the wrong kind of followers. Ageing carpenter Tryggvi is an outsider, only tolerated because he's the boyfriend of Petra's aunt, but he's struggling to avoid alcohol because know what happens when he drinks. . . Humble hotel employee, Irma, is excited to meet this rich and famous family and observe them at close quarters. . . perhaps too close. . . As the weather deteriorates and the alcohol flows, one of the guests disappears, and it becomes clear that there is a prowler lurking in the dark. But is the real danger inside. . .within the family itself?

      The wealthy, powerful Snæberg clan has gathered for a family reunion at a futuristic hotel set amongst the dark lava flows of Iceland’s remote Snæfellsnes peninsula. Petra Snæberg, a successful interior designer, is anxious about the event, and her troubled teenage daughter, Lea, whose social-media presence has attracted the wrong kind of followers. Ageing carpenter Tryggvi is an outsider, only tolerated because he's the boyfriend of Petra's aunt, but he's struggling to avoid alcohol because know what happens when he drinks. . . Humble hotel employee, Irma, is excited to meet this rich and famous family and observe them at close quarters. . . perhaps too close. . . As the weather deteriorates and the alcohol flows, one of the guests disappears, and it becomes clear that there is a prowler lurking in the dark. But is the real danger inside. . .within the family itself?

    • 4

      Night Shadows
      Night Shadows

      Night Shadows

      Eva Björg Ægisdóttir
      4/5 - 8 ratings
      4/5 - 8 ratings

      The small community of Akranes is devastated after a young man dies in a mysterious house fire. When Detective Elma and her colleagues from West Iceland CID discover the fire was arson, they become embroiled in an increasingly perplexing case. For 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 finds herself in mortal danger - someone has secrets they'll do anything to hide . . .

      The small community of Akranes is devastated after a young man dies in a mysterious house fire. When Detective Elma and her colleagues from West Iceland CID discover the fire was arson, they become embroiled in an increasingly perplexing case. For 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 finds herself in mortal danger - someone has secrets they'll do anything to hide . . .

    Author

    Eva Björg Ægisdóttir

    Born in Akranes in 1988, Eva moved to Trondheim, Norway to study my MSc in Globalisation when she was 25. After moving back home having completed her MSc, she knew it was time to start working on her novel. Eva has wanted to write books since she was 15 years old, having won a short story contest in Iceland. Eva worked as a stewardess to make ends meet while she wrote her first novel. The book went on to win the Blackbird Award and became an Icelandic bestseller. Eva now lives with her husband and three children in Reykjavík, staying at home with her youngest until she begins Kindergarten.

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