Dark as Night

Icelandic investigator Áróra receives strange and devastating news about her missing sister, while her detective friend Daníel looks into the disappearance of a family friend. The twisty, addictive, award-winning series continues... `Twisty´ Heat magazine `A dark, twisty and pitch-perfect thriller. I will read anything Lilja writes ... I loved it´ Michael Wood `[A] lively left-field mystery ... There is no one quite like Lilja Sigurdardottir: each of her seven novels is a blast of Icelandic air´ The Times Book of the Month _____________ When Áróra 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 Daníel returns home to find a note from his tenant, drag queen Lady Gúgúlú, giving notice on her flat and explaining that she has had to leave the country. Daníel 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 Áróra Investigation series, as Áróra and her friends face unimaginable danger and extraordinary experiences that may change everything, forever... ______ Praise for the An Áróra 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

Icelandic crime-writer Lilja Sigurðardóttir 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 Reykjavík Noir trilogy, and her standalone thriller Betrayal, all of which have hit bestseller lists worldwide. Snare was longlisted for the CWA International Dagger, Cage won Best Icelandic Crime Novel of the Year and was a Guardian Book of the Year, and Betrayal was shortlisted for the prestigious Glass Key Award and won Icelandic Crime Novel of the Year. The film rights for the Reykjavík Noir trilogy have been bought by Palomar Pictures in California. Cold as Hell, the first book in the An Áróra Investigation series, was published in the UK in 2021. She lives in Reykjavík with her partner.