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by Lilja Sigurdard?ttir (Author), Lorenza Garcia (Translator)
Icelandic investigator ? r? ra receives strange and devastating news about her missing sister, while her detective friend Dan? el looks into the disappearance of a family friend. The twisty, addictive, award-winning series continues...
A dark, twisty and pitch-perfect thriller. I will read anything Lilja writes ... I loved it Michael Wood
A terrific tale with twist after twist ... Lilja Sigurdardottir is fast becoming my favourite Icelandic crime writer The Times Book of the Month
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When ? r? ra receives a call telling her that a child she's never met is claiming to be her missing sister reincarnated, she is devastated ... as ridiculous as the allegations might seem. For three years she has been searching for her sister without finding a single clue, and now this strange child seems to have new information.
On the same day, Icelandic detective Dan? el returns home to find a note from his tenant, drag queen Lady G? g? l?, giving notice on her flat and explaining that she has to leave the country. Dan? el is immediately suspicious, and when three threatening men appear, looking for Lady, it's clear to him that something is very wrong...
And as Iceland's long dark nights continue into springtime, that is just the very beginning...
Twisty, intricately plotted and atmospheric, Dark as Night is the highly anticipated fourth book in the addictive An ? r? ra Investigation series, as ? r? ra and her friends face unimaginable danger and extraordinary experiences that may change everything, forever...
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Praise for the An ? r? ra Investigation series
Another action-packed and pacy thriller ... I would like to be Arora's best friend Liz Nugent
Icelandic crime-writing at its finest Shari Lapena
Chilly and chilling ... another tense and thrilling read! Tariq Ashkanani
The Icelandic scenery and weather are beautifully evoked... Daily Mail
A stand-out voice in Iceland Noir James Oswald
Sure to please Scandi-noir fans Publishers Weekly
Another bleak, unpredictable classic Metro
Tough, uncompromising and unsettling Val McDermid
Tense and pacey Guardian
'Deftly plotted Financial Times
Breathtakingly original New York Journal of Books
Taut, gritty and thoroughly absorbing Booklist
A stunning addition to the icy-cold crime genre Foreword Reviews
Author Biography
Icelandic crime-writer Lilja Sigur?ard?ttir was born in the town of Akranes in 1972 and raised in Mexico, Sweden, Spain and Iceland. An award-winning playwright, Lilja has written ten crime novels, including Snare, Trap and Cage, making up the Reykjav?k Noir trilogy, and her standalone thriller Betrayal, all of which have hit bestseller lists worldwide.
Lorenza Garcia was born and brought up in England. She spent her early twenties living and working in Iceland and Spain. In 1998 she graduated from Goldsmiths with a first-class honors degree in Spanish and Latin American studies. She moved to France in 2001, where she lived for seven years. Since 2006 she has translated and co-translated more than thirty novels and works of nonfiction from the French, the Spanish, and the Icelandic.
