An atmospheric, subversive psychological thriller by Eva Björg Ægisdóttir, the award-winning author of the Forbidden Iceland series.
November 1967, Iceland. Fourteen-year-old Marsi secretly corresponds with a boy she has never met — and writes to him using the name of her older sister, Stina. When the day they arranged to meet arrives, Marsi fails to show up. And that same night, Stina mysteriously disappears. The only thing the authorities find is her coat at the site of the fateful meeting.
November 1977. Stina’s case remains unsolved. Until Marsi suddenly receives a letter from the secret friend of her teenage years. Determined to discover what happened to her sister, Marsi returns to the place she had tried for years to forget. But there she faces guilt, family silences, and a truth harsher than she can bear. Because Marsi cannot even trust her own mind. Dreams intertwine with memories, insomnia erodes her judgment, and the truth seems to slip away every time she thinks she is close to it.
Someone knows what happened that night. Someone is watching her. And as Marsi gets closer to the truth, she feels she might be the next victim. Because some secrets are never truly buried. They wait.
A dark, addictive thriller that will make the reader turn the pages breathlessly — and suspect everyone until the shocking finale.
