Stop Dead - by Katrin Júlíusdóttir (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Stop Dead: The dark, chilling new instalment in the addictive Iceland Mysteries series...
Katrín Júlíusdóttir, translated by Larissa Kyzer

When detective-in-training Sigurdís interrupts her studies in the US to return to Iceland, after discovering that the investigation into her abusive father's death has been dropped, she's plunged into a completely new case when a controversial TV personality is murdered during the Reykjavík Marathon.
'A new voice in Icelandic crime fiction ... plays with the reader's expectations with cool confidence ... masterful' Lilja Sigurðardóttir

'One of Iceland's most exciting new voices' Eva Björg Ægisdóttir

'Sigurdís has all the makings of a beloved new Nordic detective ... This meticulously crafted work keeps its secrets tight until the very end' Nordic Watchlist

'A series with great potential' Financial Times

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Thousands of runners
One killer

Icelandic detective-in-training Sigurdís is studying criminal psychology in the USA, but her plans are thrown into disarray when she discovers that her boss and mentor, Garðar, has been put on leave from Reykjavík CID as a result of his investigation into Sigurdís's father's death.

Returning to Iceland to deal with the fallout, Sigurdís finds herself pulled into a disturbing case: controversial TV personality Olga Einarsdóttir has been stabbed to death during the Reykjavík Marathon. Struggling to locate a runner wearing bib number 1407, who was seen near the murdered woman during the race, the police soon discover that several masked runners were wearing the same number.

As the mystery deepens, Sigurdís and her fellow detective Unnar soon learn exactly how unpopular Olga was - not just with the interviewees she humiliated on live TV, but with her own son, her business partner, a widower who insists that she had a hand in his wife's death, and her ex-husband, who died in suspicious circumstances thirty years ago...

As her exploration into Olga's past becomes ever darker and more harrowing, Sigurdís must also face the truth about her own father, while searching for an attacker who will go to any lengths to cover up their crimes...

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Praise for Dead Sweet

**Winner of the Blackbird Award for Best Icelandic Crime Debut**

'A breathtaking thriller from one of Iceland's most exciting new voices' Eva Björg Ægisdóttir

'So chilling' Heat magazine

'Katrín Júlíusdóttir skilfully weaves together intense family dynamics, dark pasts and criminal endeavours in this masterful narrative' Lilja Sigurðardóttir

'A sophisticated, multi-layered thriller ... a series with great potential' Financial Times

'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 Sigurðardóttir, Ragnar Jónasson and Bjarni þorsteinsson

'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' Sæunn Gísladóttir, The Reading Room

WHAT READERS ARE SAYING...
[FIVE STARS]

'Another fabulous piece of Icelandic noir'

'Sucked me into the story right from the very start'

'A tense multi-layered mystery'

'I devoured it in two sittings'

'Dark, chilling and twisty ... I couldn't put it down'

'A fast-paced thrill ride ... I was totally invested in the storyline and the plot kept me guessing until the end'

About the Author

Katrín received the Blackbird Award, an Icelandic crime-writing prize, for her first novel, Dead Sweet in 2020. Her debut novel was reviewed well by critics and hit the best-selling lists in the first weeks after publication. Katrín has a political background and was a member of Parliament from 2003 until 2016. Before she was elected to Parliament, Katrín was an advisor and project manager at a tech company and a senior buyer and CEO in the retail sector, as well as the Managing Director of a student union during her uni years