ISBN |
9781785419850 paperback |
Name |
Eva Björg Ægisdóttir, 1988- author. |
Uniform title |
Stelpur sem ljuga English |
Title |
Girls who lie Eva Bjorg Aegisdottir ; translated by Victoria Cribb. |
Edition |
Large print edition. |
Published |
Leicester : Isis, 2021. |
©2019 |
Description |
364 pages (large print) : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
Notes |
Includes pronunciation guide. First published in Iceland with the title Stelpur sem ljúga by Veröld Publishing, 2019. |
Summary |
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 Marianna's past – and the childhood of a girl who never was like the others. |
Language note |
Translated from the Icelandic. |
Subjects |
Single mothers -- Fiction |
Mothers and daughters -- Fiction |
Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction |
Policewomen -- Fiction |
Iceland -- Fiction |
Genre |
Detective and mystery stories |
Large type books |
Other Names |
Cribb, Victoria translator. |
Series |
Forbidden Iceland 02. |
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