{"product_id":"9781916788961-stop-dead","title":"Stop Dead","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe dark, chilling new instalment in the addictive Iceland Mysteries series…\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen widowed Clara meets younger Elias, neither expects love to last – then distance and illness test their fragile happiness. A life-affirming, million-copy German bestseller from the author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTasting Sunlight\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen detective-in-training Sigurdís interrupts her studies in the US to return to Iceland after discovering that the investigation into her abusive father’s death has been dropped, she’s plunged into a completely new case when a controversial TV personality is murdered during the Reykjavík Marathon.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘[A] hugely satisfying novel’ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘A new voice in Icelandic crime fiction … plays with the reader’s expectations with cool confidence … masterful’ \u003cb\u003eLilja Sigurðardóttir\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘One of Iceland's most exciting new voices’ \u003cb\u003eEva Björg Ægisdóttir\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Sigurdís has all the makings of a beloved new Nordic detective … This meticulously crafted work keeps its secrets tight until the very end’ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNordic Watchlist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘A series with great potential’ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e––––––––\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThousands of runners\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne killer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIcelandic detective-in-training Sigurdís is studying criminal psychology in the USA, but her plans are thrown into disarray when she discovers that her boss and mentor, Garðar, has been put on leave from Reykjavík CID as a result of his investigation into Sigurdís’s father’s death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReturning to Iceland to deal with the fallout, Sigurdís finds herself pulled into a disturbing case: controversial TV personality Olga Einarsdóttir has been stabbed to death during the Reykjavík Marathon. Struggling to locate a runner wearing bib number 1407, who was seen near the murdered woman during the race, the police soon discover that several masked runners were wearing the same number.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs the mystery deepens, Sigurdís and her fellow detective Unnar soon learn exactly how unpopular Olga was – not just with the interviewees she humiliated on live TV, but with her own son, her business partner, a widower who insists that she had a hand in his wife’s death, and her ex-husband, who died in suspicious circumstances thirty years ago…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs her exploration into Olga’s past becomes ever darker and more harrowing, Sigurdís must also face the truth about her own father, while searching for an attacker who will go to any lengths to cover up their crimes…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e–––––––––––––––\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eDead Sweet\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Blackbird Award for Best Icelandic Crime Debut\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘A breathtaking thriller from one of Iceland’s most exciting new voices’ \u003cb\u003eEva Björg Ægisdóttir\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘So chilling’ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eHeat magazine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Katrín Júlíusdóttir skilfully weaves together intense family dynamics, dark pasts and criminal endeavours in this masterful narrative’ \u003cb\u003eLilja Sigurðardóttir\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘A sophisticated, multi-layered thriller … a series with great potential’ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Exceptional and realistic characters … \u003ci\u003eDead Sweet\u003c\/i\u003e hooks you in from the very first page and keeps you there until the unexpected ending’ Blackbird Award judges: \u003cb\u003eYrsa Sigurðardóttir, Ragnar Jónasson\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eBjarni Þorsteinsson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Delve into a world of corruption, power and a rising body count in one of your new favourite noir series’ \u003cb\u003eB.S. 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