{"product_id":"9781912374496-cage","title":"Cage","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe thrilling conclusion to Sigurðardóttir’s Reykjavik Noir trilogy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrugs, smuggling, big money and political intrigue in Iceland rally with love, passion, murder and betrayal until the winner takes all … in the masterful, explosive conclusion to the award-winning Reykjavík Noir trilogy…\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ***\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Year***\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e***WINNER of the Best Icelandic Crime Novel of the Year***\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Tough, uncompromising and unsettling’ \u003cb\u003eVal McDermid\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘One of the darkest and most compelling series in modern crime fiction … Tackling topical issues, the book will tell you a great deal about why the world’s in the state it is, while never neglecting its duty to entertain’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Express \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘A tense thriller with a highly unusual plot and interesting characters’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ––––––––––––––––––––––––\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The prison doors slam shut behind Agla, when her sentence ends, but her lover Sonja is not there to meet her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As a group of foreign businessmen tries to draw Agla into an ingenious fraud that stretches from Iceland around the world, Agla and her former nemesis, María find the stakes being raised at a terrifying speed.\u003cbr\u003e Ruthless drug baron Ingimar will stop at nothing to protect his empire, but he has no idea about the powder keg he is sitting on in his own home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e At the same time, a deadly threat to Sonya and her family brings her from London back to Iceland, where she needs to settle scores with longstanding adversaries if she wants to stay alive…\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ––––––––––––––––––––––––\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for the Reykjavik Noir Trilogy:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘\u003ci\u003eCage\u003c\/i\u003e is the muted and more credible conclusion to a wayward, but diverting trilogy that began with \u003ci\u003eSnare\u003c\/i\u003e (2017) and continued with \u003ci\u003eTrap\u003c\/i\u003e (2018) — ironic titles for essentially escapist fiction … Compassion beats complexity every time’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘In keeping with a lot of Icelandic fiction, \u003ci\u003eCage\u003c\/i\u003e is written in a clean, understated style, the author letting the reader put together the emotional beats and plot developments. Smart writing with a strongly beating heart’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBig Issue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Deftly plotted though and with a forensic attention to the technicalities of stock exchange manipulations and drug running techniques’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrime Time\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘With shocks and surprises in store, and that oh so satisfying end, \u003ci\u003eCage\u003c\/i\u003e provoked, chilled, and thrilled me’ \u003cb\u003eLoveReading\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘A novel about survival, about scheming, it’s about self-preservation and about clinging to a vestige of decency in a screwed up world. Superbly translated by Quentin Bates, who knows the language, the country, the people and crime writing intimately. \u003ci\u003eCage\u003c\/i\u003e is a pacy thriller; you will find yourself invested in the story’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Books Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘An emotional suspense rollercoaster on a par with \u003ci\u003eThe Firm\u003c\/i\u003e, as desperate, resourceful, profoundly lovable characters scheme against impossible odds’ \u003cb\u003eAlexandra Sokoloff\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Clear your diary. As soon as you begin reading … you won’t be able to stop until the final page’ \u003cb\u003eMichael Wood\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Zips along, with tension building and building … thoroughly recommend’ \u003cb\u003eJames Oswald\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘The intricate plot is breathtakingly original, with many twists and turns you never see coming. 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