Description
Daniel and Arora hunt a brutal killer when a shipping container with the bodies of five women is found outside Reykjavik, as Arora continues the search for her missing sister. Book three in the addictive, chilling An Arora Investigation series.
'Lilja Sigurdardottir is good at describing the dark and cold of her native Iceland - and making you laugh ... telling a terrific tale with twist after twist' The Times BOOK OF THE MONTH
'Another action-packed and pacy thriller ... The writing is crisp and clear, plotting ingenious and characterisation so vivid' Liz Nugent
'Icelandic crime queen Lilja Sigurdardottir goes from strength to strength, as is proved by White as Snow ... protagonists tackling sub-zero temperatures and baffling crimes' Financial Times
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On a snowy winter morning, an abandoned shipping container is discovered near Reykjavik. Inside are the bodies of five young women - one of them barely alive.
As Icelandic Police detective Daniel struggles to investigate the most brutal crime of his career, Arora looks into the background of a suspicious man, who turns out to be engaged to Daniel's former wife, and the connections don't stop there...
Daniel and Arora's cases pit them both against ruthless criminals with horrifying agendas, while Arora persists with her search for her missing sister, Isafold, whose devastating disappearance continues to haunt her.
As the temperature drops and the 24-hour darkness and freezing snow hamper their efforts, their investigations become increasingly dangerous ... for everyone.
Atmospheric, twisty and breathtakingly tense, White as Snow is the third instalment in the riveting, award-winning An Arora Investigation series, as crimes committed far beyond Iceland's shores come home...
Shortlisted for The Blood Drop - Icelandic Crime Novel of the Year, 2022
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Praise for the An Arora Investigation series:
'Icelandic crime-writing at its finest' Shari Lapena
'Lilja Sigurdardottir is rapidly becoming my favourite Icelandic writer' The Times
'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
'So atmospheric' Crime Monthly
'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
'A thrilling ride, super-addictive, fast-paced and atmospheric' From Belgium with Booklove
'Another emotional, pacy, tension-filled and highly topical investigation' Jen Med's Book Reviews
About the Author
Icelandic crime-writer Lilja Sigurdardottir was born in the town of Akranesin 1972 and raised in Mexico, Sweden, Spain and Iceland. An award-winning playwright, Lilja has written four crime novels, with Snare, the first in a new series and Lilja's English debut shortlisting for the CWA International Dagger and hitting bestseller lists worldwide. Trap soon followed suit, with the third in the trilogy Cage winning the Best Icelandic Crime Novel of the Year, and was a Guardian Book of the Year. Lilja's standalone Betrayal, was shortlisted for the Glass Key Award for Best Nordic Crime Novel. In 2021, Cold as Hell, the first in the An Arora Investigation series was published, with Red as Blood to follow in 2022. The film rights have been bought by Palomar Pictures in California. Lilja is also an award-winning screenwriter in her native Iceland. She lives in Reykjavik with her partner. Quentin Bates escaped English suburbia as a teenager, jumping at the chance of a gap year working in Iceland. For a variety of reasons, the gap year stretched to become a gap decade, during which time he went native in the north of Iceland, acquiring a new language a new profession as a seaman and a family, before decamping en masse for England. He worked as a truck driver, teacher, netmaker and trawlerman at various times before falling into journalism, largely by accident. He is the author of a series of crime novels set in present-day Iceland (Frozen Out, Cold Steal, Chilled to the Bone, Winterlude, Cold Comfort and Thin Ice which have been published worldwide. He has translated all of Ragnar Jonasson's Dark Iceland series.
Book Information
ISBN 9781914585845
Author Lilja Sigurdardottir
Format Paperback
Page Count 288
Imprint Orenda Books
Publisher Orenda Books
'Lilja Sigurdardottir is good at describing the dark and cold of her native Iceland - and making you laugh ... telling a terrific tale with twist after twist' The Times BOOK OF THE MONTH
'Another action-packed and pacy thriller ... The writing is crisp and clear, plotting ingenious and characterisation so vivid' Liz Nugent
'Icelandic crime queen Lilja Sigurdardottir goes from strength to strength, as is proved by White as Snow ... protagonists tackling sub-zero temperatures and baffling crimes' Financial Times
----
On a snowy winter morning, an abandoned shipping container is discovered near Reykjavik. Inside are the bodies of five young women - one of them barely alive.
As Icelandic Police detective Daniel struggles to investigate the most brutal crime of his career, Arora looks into the background of a suspicious man, who turns out to be engaged to Daniel's former wife, and the connections don't stop there...
Daniel and Arora's cases pit them both against ruthless criminals with horrifying agendas, while Arora persists with her search for her missing sister, Isafold, whose devastating disappearance continues to haunt her.
As the temperature drops and the 24-hour darkness and freezing snow hamper their efforts, their investigations become increasingly dangerous ... for everyone.
Atmospheric, twisty and breathtakingly tense, White as Snow is the third instalment in the riveting, award-winning An Arora Investigation series, as crimes committed far beyond Iceland's shores come home...
Shortlisted for The Blood Drop - Icelandic Crime Novel of the Year, 2022
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Praise for the An Arora Investigation series:
'Icelandic crime-writing at its finest' Shari Lapena
'Lilja Sigurdardottir is rapidly becoming my favourite Icelandic writer' The Times
'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
'So atmospheric' Crime Monthly
'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
'A thrilling ride, super-addictive, fast-paced and atmospheric' From Belgium with Booklove
'Another emotional, pacy, tension-filled and highly topical investigation' Jen Med's Book Reviews
About the Author
Icelandic crime-writer Lilja Sigurdardottir was born in the town of Akranesin 1972 and raised in Mexico, Sweden, Spain and Iceland. An award-winning playwright, Lilja has written four crime novels, with Snare, the first in a new series and Lilja's English debut shortlisting for the CWA International Dagger and hitting bestseller lists worldwide. Trap soon followed suit, with the third in the trilogy Cage winning the Best Icelandic Crime Novel of the Year, and was a Guardian Book of the Year. Lilja's standalone Betrayal, was shortlisted for the Glass Key Award for Best Nordic Crime Novel. In 2021, Cold as Hell, the first in the An Arora Investigation series was published, with Red as Blood to follow in 2022. The film rights have been bought by Palomar Pictures in California. Lilja is also an award-winning screenwriter in her native Iceland. She lives in Reykjavik with her partner. Quentin Bates escaped English suburbia as a teenager, jumping at the chance of a gap year working in Iceland. For a variety of reasons, the gap year stretched to become a gap decade, during which time he went native in the north of Iceland, acquiring a new language a new profession as a seaman and a family, before decamping en masse for England. He worked as a truck driver, teacher, netmaker and trawlerman at various times before falling into journalism, largely by accident. He is the author of a series of crime novels set in present-day Iceland (Frozen Out, Cold Steal, Chilled to the Bone, Winterlude, Cold Comfort and Thin Ice which have been published worldwide. He has translated all of Ragnar Jonasson's Dark Iceland series.
Book Information
ISBN 9781914585845
Author Lilja Sigurdardottir
Format Paperback
Page Count 288
Imprint Orenda Books
Publisher Orenda Books
