Dead Sweet
- Auteur: Katrín Júlíusdóttir (IJsland)
- Soort boek: IJsland thriller
- Origineel: Sykur (2020)
- Engelse vertaling: Quentin Bates
- Uitgever: Orenda Books
- Verschijnt: 11 juni 2024
- Omvang: 256 pagina’s
- Uitgave: gebonden bboek / paperback / ebook
- Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol
Katrín Júlíusdóttir Dead Sweet recensie
- “A sophisticated multi-layered thriller … a sries with great potential,” (Financial Times)
Flaptekst van de eerste thriller van Katrín Júlíusdóttir
When Óttar Karlsson, a wealthy and respected government official and businessman, is found murdered, after failing to turn up at his own surprise birthday party, the police are at a loss. It isn’t until young police officer Sigurdís finds a well-hidden safe in his impersonal luxury apartment that clues start emerging.
As Óttar’s shady business dealings become clear, a second, unexpected line of enquiry emerges, when Sigurdís finds a US phone number in the safe, along with papers showing regular money transfers to an American account. Following the trail to Minnesota, trauma rooted in Sigurdís’s own childhood threatens to resurface and the investigation strikes chillingly close to home…
Atmospheric, deeply unsettling and full of breakneck twists and turns, Dead Sweet is a startling debut thriller that uncovers a terrifying world of financial crime, sinister cults and disturbing secret lives, and kicks off an addictive, mind-blowing new series.
Katrín Júlíusdóttir is geboren op 23 november 1974 in de IJslandse hoofdstad Reykjavik. Ze is een voormalige politicus die in 2003 werd gekozen in het parlement van IJsland. Van 2009 tot 2012 was ze minister namens de Sociaal Democraten. In 2016 vertrok ze uit de politiek en werd directeur van de organisatie Finance Iceland. Ze is getrouwd met de IJslandse schrijver Bjarni Bjarnason.