THE LAST TENANT

When the remains of a young woman and a baby are uncovered on a derelict farm Detective Elma is drawn into a disturbing investigation as a young mother settling in Akranes realises danger may be closer than she ever expected The multi award winning international bestselling Forbidden Iceland series continues She uses complex plots to explore how monsters are made and demonstrate that evil can lurk behind the most attractive of smiles Her many characters are people not puppets and she delights in pulling the rug from under their and our feet If you have never read Aegisdottir now is the time to start Mark Sanderson The Times When the skeletons of a young woman and a baby are uncovered on a long abandoned farm in Hvalfjörður it is clear they were buried years apart West Iceland CID begins to investigate the disturbing discovery aware that someone has gone to great lengths to keep the past hidden In Akranes Karitas a young single mother seeking a new start settles in with her four year old son and rents a basement flat from an eccentric landlord A cautious sense of happiness returns when she meets the boy next door But when news breaks that a local girl has been murdered Karitas must decide who she can trust knowing that one wrong choice