The Butterfly Effect

The Butterfly Effect

by PernilleRygg (Author)

Synopsis

It is a cold, dark, windy night in Oslo and Igi Heitmann pores over the debris in her dead father's office, trying to piece together the last days of his life as a failed private eye. She discovers a curious butterfly medallion in his desk - which in turn leads to the discovery of a young woman in a snow-drift, two bullets in her head and a gun in her hand. Igi's father and the young woman died within hours of each other - is the same person responsible for both their deaths? Igi soon finds herself in the role of detective, on a trail that leads to the city's underworld of corruption, sadism and child abuse. Caught amongst the shards of a dozen shattered lives, she must tread carefully if she is to reconstruct the violent and tragic truth, and not be killed in the process.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 01 Jan 2004

ISBN 10: 0099449269
ISBN 13: 9780099449263
Book Overview: 'Curl up with a stiff whiskey and lose yourself in the inquiring mind of Igi Heitmann' - Guardian

Media Reviews
The intricate knots in the mystery keep the reader in a constant state of tension. Pernille Rygg creates...a story which is dynamic and hypnotic -- Avisa Trondheim
[A] terrific first novel * Guardian *
Miss Smilia's Feeling for Snow revisited * Guardian *
A compelling thriller which invites comparison with Hoeg * Glasgow Herald *
Author Bio
Pernille Rygg was born in 1963. She has studied history and ethnology, for several years worked as a set painter for film companies and for the Norwegian Broadcasting Company. She is also author of The Golden Section.