Lilja Sigurdardottir
Lilja Sigurðardóttir (born 1972) is an Icelandic crime-writer, playwright and screen-writer. Her crime-novels take place in Reykjavík city center and usually revolve around a series of murders that turn out to be linked. Personal relationships, alcoholism, faith versus religion and cooking are all key themes in her books. Her central characters are Magni Thorsson, a writer and love story translator and his former wife and police detective, Idunn Baldursdottir.
Bibliography
- Steps (2009) Spor.[1] (German: Zwölf Schritte (2011) Rowohlt Verlag by Ursula Giger)
- Forgiveness (2010) Fyrirgefning.[1]
Plot summaries
In Steps, a man who had been active in a twelve-step program is found crucified in his home. Program members are uncooperative with the authorities, so the police need to find a source within the organization. A police detective approaches Magni, who is just out of rehab, and asks him for help. While Magni is struggling with recovery and abused bodies pile up, it becomes more and more apparent to him that the villain is following the twelve steps in his deeds.
In Forgiveness Magni has been hired to write a book based on interviews with people who have survived violence and tragedy. Magni finds himself involved in an investigation of mysterious deaths that start to appear connected in an unexpected way.
External links
- "islit.is | Eplica innskráning | Miðstöð íslenskra bókmennta" (in Icelandic). Sagenhaftes-island.is. Retrieved 2014-05-07.
- Bjartur bókaforlag. "Bjartur bókaforlag". Bjartur.is. Retrieved 2014-05-07.