When a celebrated government official is found dead after his surprise birthday party, a young police officer uncovers a terrifying world of financial crime, sinister cults and disturbing secret lives. Icelandic politician Katrí n Jú lí usdó ttir''s award-winning debut ? first in a breathtaking series?
**Winner of the Blackbird Award for Best Icelandic Crime Debut**
`A breathtaking thriller from one of Iceland? s most exciting new voices? Eva Bjö rg Æ gisdó ttir
`So chilling´ Heat magazine
`Katrí n Jú lí usdó ttir skilfully weaves together intense family dynamics, dark pasts and criminal endeavours in this masterful narrative´ Lilja Sigurð ardó ttir
`A sophisticated, multi-layered thriller ? a series with great potential´ Financial Times
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A murder is just the beginning?
When ó ttar Karlsson, a wealthy and respected government official and businessman, is found murdered, after failing to turn up at his own surprise birthday party, the police are at a loss. It isn? t until young police officer Sigurdí s finds a well-hidden safe in his impersonal luxury apartment that clues start emerging.
As ó ttar? s shady business dealings become clear, a second, unexpected line of enquiry emerges, when Sigurdí s finds a US phone number in the safe, along with papers showing regular money transfers to an American account.
Following the trail to Minnesota, trauma rooted in Sigurdí s? s own childhood threatens to resurface and the investigation strikes chillingly close to home?
Atmospheric, deeply unsettling and full of unexpected twists and turns, Dead Sweet is a startling debut thriller that uncovers a terrifying world of financial crime, sinister cults and disturbing secret lives, kicking off an addictive, chilling new series.
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`Exceptional and realistic characters ? Dead Sweet hooks you in from the very first page and keeps you there until the unexpected ending´ Blackbird Award judges: Yrsa Sigurð ardó ttir, Ragnar Jó nasson and Bjarni Þ orsteinsson
`Delve into a world of corruption, power and a rising body count in one of your new favourite noir series? B.S. Casey
`A very welcome addition to the growing number of writers of Icelandic Noir ? many twists and turns until all is revealed´ TripFiction
`An excellent debut thriller with a highly original storyline´ SÆ unn Gí sladó ttir, The Reading Room
What readers are saying?
`I devoured it in two sittings. I honestly cannot believe that it? s a debut´
`Intelligent, suspenseful and totally gripping´
`Expertly reveals secrets in a way that kept my eyes glued to the page´
`Jú lí usdó ttir spins a cracking tale and keeps the revelations and teasers unwinding´
`Another fabulous piece of Icelandic noir, with a fabulous cast of characters and a truly absorbing story´
`Dark, chilling and twisty ? I couldn? t put it down´
`Breathtakingly unnerving?
`What an ending!´
