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When detective-in-training Sigurdis 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 Reykjavik Marathon. Icelandic detective-in-training Sigurdis is studying criminal psychology in the US, but her plans are thrown into disarray when she discovers that her boss and mentor, Gar ar, has been fired from Reykjavik CID over his investigation into Sigurdis's father's death. Returning to Iceland to deal with the fallout, Sigurdis finds herself pulled into a disturbing case: controversial TV personality Olga Einars has been stabbed to death during the Reykjavik Marathon. Struggling to locate a runner waring the 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, Sigurdis 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, Sigurdis 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 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 Bjorg gisdottir`So chilling Heat magazine`Katrin Juliusdottir skilfully weaves together intense family dynamics, dark pasts and criminal endeavours in this masterful narrative Lilja Sigur ardottir`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 Sigur ardottir, Ragnar Jonasson and Bjarni orsteinsson`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 S unn Gisladottir, The Reading RoomWhat readers are saying `I devoured it in two sittings. I honestly cannot believe that it's a debut `Intelligent, suspenseful and totally gripping 'Expertly reveals secrets in a way that kept my eyes glued to the page `Juliusdottir spins a cracking tale and keeps the revelations and teasers unwinding `Another fabulous piece of Icelandic noir, with a fabulous cast of characters and a truly absorbing story `Dark, chilling and twisty I couldn't put it down `Breathtakingly unnerving `What an ending!