Home Before Dark (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781916788602)

Struggling to separate her dreams from reality, a young woman investigates the disappearance of her sister ten years earlier ... worried that she might be next. A breathtaking, twisty standalone thriller from the international bestselling author of the Forbidden Iceland series...

She uses complex plots to explore how monsters are made and demonstrate that "evil can lurk behind the most attractive of smiles" ... If you have never read gisdóttir, now is the time to start Mark Sanderson, The Times

**WINNER of the Blood Drop Award for Iceland's Best Crime Novel of the Year**

**SHORTLISTED for the Glass Key Award for Best Nordic Crime Novel**

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November, 1967, Iceland. Fourteen-year-old Marsibil has a secret penpal - a boy who lives on the other side of the country - but she has been writing to him in her older sister's name. Now she is excited to meet him for the first time.

But when the date arrives, Marsibil is prevented from going, and during the night her sister Stína goes missing - her bloodstained anorak later found at the place where Marsibil and her penpal had agreed to meet.

November, 1977. Stína's disappearance remains unsolved. Then an unexpected letter arrives for Marsibil. It's from her pen-pal, and he's still out there...

Desperate for news of her missing sister, but terrified that he might coming after her next, Marsibil returns to her hometown and embarks on an investigation of her own.

But Marsibil has always had trouble distinguishing her vivid dreams from reality, and as insomnia threatens her sanity, it seems she can't even trust her own memories ... and her sister's killer is still on the loose...

Twisty, dark and utterly chilling, Home Before Dark is a breathtakingly accomplished psychological thriller where nothing and no one are what they seem, and smoldering secrets from the past reach into a present where everything is at risk, including Marsibil's life......

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Praise for Eva Björg gisdóttir

Chilling and addictive, with a completely unexpected twist ... I loved it Shari Lapena

Fans of Nordic Noir will love this Ann Cleeves

Emotive, atmospheric and chillingly suspenseful AA Chaudhuri

This is virtuoso suspense writing AJ Finn

A canny synthesis of modern Nordic Noir and Golden Age mystery Financial Times

Riveting, exciting, entertaining and packed with intrigue Liz Nugent

A tense, twisty page-turner that you'll have serious trouble putting down Catherine Ryan Howard

Your new Nordic Noir obsession Vogue

Confirms Eva Bjorg Aegisdottir as a leading light of Icelandic noir ... a master of misdirection The Times

Beautifully written ... one of the rising stars of Nordic Noir Victoria Selman

Eerie and chilling. I loved every word! Lesley Kara

Creepily compelling Heidi Amsinck

Exciting and harrowing Ragnar Jónasson

Fantastic Sunday Times

So atmospheric Heat

**Winner of the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger**

**Shortlisted for the Petrona Award for Best Scandinavian Crime**

**Shortlisted for the CWA Crime in Translation Dagger**

**Shortlisted for the Capital Crime Award for Best Thriller**