How did someone in such a small and non-descriptive place get himself into such a situation?īookTrail the locations in Night Shadows here The tragedy and all of the fall out is more compelling given the pace of the novel as I assume this is reflective of the pace of life in the town itself. Bodies are hidden just waiting to be dug up. Secrets are hidden just waiting to be discovered. ![]() Everything is hidden here or people are trying to hide something. This is the perfect description of this novel in itself. I like the name that Eva Björg Ægisdóttir has given her series of novels – Hidden Iceland. ![]() When the fire at the start of the novel has such a bizarre and suspicious background to it, the rest of the novel has to be a maze of red herrings and twists which it was. It’s a slow burn but when it builds it burns you just as much, perhaps more than a fast-paced crime novel might have done. Th elack of communication between characters and the hindrances to the police investigation make Akranes a character of its own right.Īkranes (c) Pinterest BookTrail the locations in Night Shadows here A small and unfamiliar town makes things more chilling somehow, more remote and strange. Setting : The small town of Akranes makes the Hidden Iceland series so much more interesting that had it been set in Reykjavik. #Bookreview BookTrail the locations in Night Shadows hereĪ novel to transport you deep inside the dark heart of a small Icelandic town BookTrail the locations in Night Shadows hereīoarding Pass Information : The Night Shadowsįood and drink to accompany: Something fermented. ![]() But the seemingly perfect family who employs her turns out to have problems of its own….Īkranes is not the quiet town where nothing really happens that you might have thought it was…. Just a few months before the fire, a young Dutch woman takes a job as an au pair in Iceland. What’s more, the dead man’s final online search raises fears that they could be investigating not one murder, but two. The small community of Akranes is devastated when a young man dies in a mysterious house fire. It’s unique and fresh, unexpected and gripping. Thriller set in the Night Shadows of Iceland by Eva Björg Ægisdóttir – This is the third in the Forbidden Iceland series and if you havne’t picked up the series before then do so now.
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