Black as Death: Volume 5

When the chief suspect in the disappearance of Áróra’s sister is found dead, and Áróra’s new financial investigation leads to the street where her sister was last seen, she is drawn into a shocking case that threatens everything ... The unmissable finale to the chilling, twisty, award-winning series...

’Icelandic crime-writing at its finest’ Shari Lapena

’Icelandic crime queen Lilja Sigurðardóttir goes from strength to strength’ Financial Times

’A heartbreaking story and a twisty mystery that will only be fully appreciated by those who have read the other parts of the quintet first. You won’t regret it if you do’ Sunday Times

’So chilling’ Crime Monthly

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A final reckoning...

With the fate of her missing sister, Ísafold, finally uncovered, Áróra feels a fragile relief as the search that consumed her life draws to a close. But when Ísafold’s boyfriend - the prime suspect in her disappearance - is found dead at the same site where Ísafold’s body was discovered, Áróra’s grip on reality starts to unravel ... and the mystery remains far from solved.

To distract herself, she dives headfirst into a money-laundering case that her friend Daníel is investigating. But she soon finds that there is more than meets the eye and, once again, all leads point towards Engihjalli, the street where Ísafold lived and died, and a series of shocking secrets that could both explain and endanger everything...

Atmospheric, dark and chilling, Black as Death is the breathtaking finale to the twisty, immersive An Áróra Investigation series, as Áróra and her friends search for answers that may take them to places even darker than death...

Perfect for readers of Camilla Läckberg, Karin Slaughter, Eva Björg gisdóttir and Jo Nesb .

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’It is a testament to any writer’s skill to sustain such a compelling narrative across five novels, yet Sigurđardóttir achieves this with remarkable ease. From the opening of Cold As Hell through to the conclusion of Black As Death, this has been an epic tale told with intimacy and unwavering command’ Nordic Watchlist

Praise for the An Áróra Investigation series

’A blast of Icelandic Air’ The Times

’A terrific tale with twist after twist’ Sunday Times

’Your next literary thrill’ Vogue

’So atmospheric’ Crime Monthly

’Action-packed and pacy ... I would like to be Áróra’s best friend’ Liz Nugent

’The Icelandic scenery and weather are beautifully evoked...’ Daily Mail

’Chilly and chilling’ Tariq Ashkanani

’Tough, uncompromising and unsettling’ Val McDermid

’A dark, twisty and pitch-perfect thriller’ Michael Wood

’Another bleak, unpredictable classic’ Metro

Lorenza Garcia was born and brought up in England. She spent her early twenties living and working in Iceland and Spain. In 1998 she graduated from Goldsmiths with a first-class honors degree in Spanish and Latin American studies. She moved to France in 2001, where she lived for seven years. Since 2006 she has translated and co-translated more than thirty novels and works of nonfiction from the French, the Spanish, and the Icelandic. Lorenza Garcia was born and brought up in England. She spent her early twenties living and working in Iceland and Spain. In 1998 she graduated from Goldsmiths with a first-class honors degree in Spanish and Latin American studies. She moved to France in 2001, where she lived for seven years. Since 2006 she has translated and co-translated more than thirty novels and works of nonfiction from the French, the Spanish, and the Icelandic.

Icelandic crime-writer Lilja Sigurðardóttir was born in the town of Akranes in 1972 and raised in Mexico, Sweden, Spain and Iceland. An award-winning playwright, Lilja has written ten crime novels, including Snare, Trap and Cage, making up the Reykjavík Noir trilogy, and her standalone thriller Betrayal, all of which have hit bestseller lists worldwide. Snare was longlisted for the CWA International Dagger, Cage won Best Icelandic Crime Novel of the Year and was a Guardian Book of the Year, and Betrayal was shortlisted for the prestigious Glass Key Award and won Icelandic Crime Novel of the Year. The film rights for the Reykjavík Noir trilogy have been bought by Palomar Pictures in California. Cold as Hell, the first book in the An Áróra Investigation series, was published in the UK in 2021. She lives in Reykjavík with her partner.