When a depressed, alcoholic single mother disappears, everything suggests suicide, until her body is found on the lava fields. Icelandic Detective Elma and her team are thrust into a perplexing, chilling investigation in book two in the award-winning, international bestselling Forbidden Iceland series⦠âChilling and addictive, with a twist you won't see coming. I loved it!' Shari Lapena âAn exciting and harrowing taleâ Ragnar Jónasson âComplex, gripping and movingâ The Times âEerie and chilling. I loved every word!â Lesley Kara _____________ When single mother MarÃanna disappears from her home, leaving an apologetic note on the kitchen table, everyone assumes that sheâs 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 MarÃannaâs past â and the childhood of a girl who never was like the others⦠Breathtakingly chilling and tantalisingly twisty, Girls Who Lie is at once a startling, tense psychological thriller and a sophisticated police procedural, marking Eva Björg Ãgisdottir as one of the most exciting new names in crime fiction. _______________ Praise for Eva Björg Ãgisdottir ***WINNER of the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger*** âFans of Nordic Noir will love this ⦠subtle, nuanced, with a sympathetic central character and the possibilities of great stories to comeâ Ann Cleeves âNot only a full-fat mystery, but also a chilling demonstration of how monsters are madeâ The Times âBeautifully written, spine-tingling and disturbing ⦠a thrilling new voice in Icelandic crime fictionâ Yrsa Sigurðardóttir âAs chilling and atmospheric as an Icelandic winterâ Lisa Gray âElma is a fantastic heroineâ Sunday Times âEva Björg Aegisdóttir is definitely a born storyteller and she skilfully surprised me with some amazing plot twistsâ Hilary Mortz âAn unsettling and exciting read with a couple of neat red herrings to throw the reader off the scentâ NB Magazine âChilling and troubling ⦠reminiscent of Jorn Lier Horstâs Norwegian procedurals. This is a book that makes an impactâ Crime Fiction Lover âElma is a memorably complex characterâ Financial Times âThe twist comes out of the blue ⦠enthrallingâ Tap The Line Magazine  For fans of Ragnar Jonasson, Camilla Lackberg, Ruth Rendell, Gillian McAllister and Shari Lapena