Cage (Volume 3) (Reykjavik Noir)

Cage (Volume 3) (Reykjavik Noir)

by Lilja Sigurdardottir (Author), Quentin Bates (Translator)

Synopsis

Drugs, smuggling, big money and political intrigue in Iceland rally with love, passion, murder and betrayal until the winner takes all ... in the masterful, explosive conclusion to the award-winning Reykjavik Noir trilogy...

'Tough, uncompromising and unsettling' Val McDermid

'A tense thriller with a highly unusual plot and interesting characters' The Times

The prison doors slam shut behind Agla, when her sentence ends, but her lover Sonja is not there to meet her.

As a group of foreign businessmen tries to draw Agla into an ingenious fraud that stretches from Iceland around the world, Agla and her former nemesis, Maria find the stakes being raised at a terrifying speed.
Ruthless drug baron Ingimar will stop at nothing to protect his empire, but he has no idea about the powder keg he is sitting on in his own home.
At the same time, a deadly threat to Sonya and her family brings her from London back to Iceland, where she needs to settle scores with longstanding adversaries if she wants to stay alive.

PRAISE FOR LILJA SIGURDARDOTTIR

'An enthralling tale of love and crime that stays with you long after you have turned the last page' Michael Ridpath

'An emotional suspense rollercoaster on a par with The Firm, as desperate, resourceful, profoundly lovable characters scheme against impossible odds' Alexandra Sokoloff

'Clear your diary. As soon as you begin reading ... you won't be able to stop until the final page' Michael Wood

'Zips along, with tension building and building ... thoroughly recommend' James Oswald

'The intricate plot is breathtakingly original, with many twists and turns you never see coming. Thriller of the year' New York Journal of Books

'A searing portrait of the less salubrious parts of the Icelandic psyche as we as a riveting thriller' Sunday Express

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 276
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Orenda Books
Published: 17 Oct 2019

ISBN 10: 1912374498
ISBN 13: 9781912374496

Media Reviews
Sigurdardottir's unflinching portrayal of Iceland's burgeoning underworld and the streamlined, raw intensity of her prose distinguishes her from fellow Icelanders who have become popular in the American crime-fiction world. . . . This is prime binge-reading. --Booklist starred review of Trap
Further showcases Sigurdardottir's facility with intricate plotting and sympathetic characters. . . . A worthy addition to the icy-cold crime genre popularized by Scandinavian noir novels. --Foreword Reviews on Trap
Author Bio
Icelandic crime-writer Lilja Sigurdardottir was born in the town of Akranes in 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, hitting bestseller lists worldwide. The film rights have been bought by Palomar Pictures in California. Lilja has a background in education and has worked in evaluation and quality control for preschools in recent years. She lives in Reykjavik with her partner. Follow Lilja on Twitter @lilja1972 and on her website liljawriter.com 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.