It's great to be back on an Orenda Blog Tour for Icelandic novelist, Lilja Sigurdardottir's third in her Reykjavik Noir Trilogy, entitled Cage. You can read my reviews of the first two books here:
I also have a great Giveaway for you to enter to win your own copy of Cage. Details on how to enter are at the foot of this post.
A masterful conclusion to the award-winning, critically
acclaimed Reykjavík Noir trilogy, as drug-smuggling, financial crime, political
intrigue, love, murder and betrayal come together.
The prison doors slam shut behind Agla, when her sentence
for financial misconduct ends, but her lover Sonja is not there to meet her.
As a group of foreign businessmen tries to draw Agla into an
ingenious fraud that stretches from Iceland around the world, Agla and her
former nemesis María find the stakes being raised at a terrifying speed.
Ruthless entrepreneur Ingimar will stop at nothing to protect his empire, but
he has no idea about the powder keg he is sitting on in his own home. And at
the same time, a deadly threat to Sonja and her family brings her from London
back to Iceland, where she needs to settle scores with longstanding adversaries
if she wants to stay alive…
The lives of these characters are about to collide in a
shocking crescendo, until the winner takes it all…
My Thoughts
What a satisfying final instalment, Cage, turned out to be. I loved the first two in the Reykjavik Noir series and could recognise at once Lilja's tightly constructed writing . It was great to pick up with some of her characters again, especially Sonja, who turned out to be as determined and enterprising as ever. As the story evolved, it became more obvious how the different story threads were intertwined although it never felt contrived.
Throughout this series, it has felt as though the characters are trapped in an ever decreasing situation and certainly in this final novel, the trap has closed in and the title, Cage, seems very apt. Imprisoned, either literally or by circumstances or ideas, for some, the options for action are shrinking. Quentin Bates' translation is sympathetic to the characterisation and settings. This is a series with the WOW factor. Nuanced characterisation takes you right into the the perpetrators' minds and at times you can feel their terror.
In short: A five star series with a fitting finale.
About the Author
Icelandic
crime-writer Lilja Sigurdardóttir was born in the town of Akranes in
1972 and raised in Mexico, Sweden, Spain and Iceland. An award-winning
playwright, Lilja has written four crime novels, with Snare, the first
in a new series, hitting bestseller lists worldwide. Translation rights
have been sold in eight countries to date, and film rights have been
bought by Palomar Pictures in California. Lilja has a background in
education and has worked in evaluation and quality control for
preschools in recent years. She lives in Reykjavík with her partner.
Thanks to Karen Sullivan and Anne Cater of Orenda Books for a copy of the book and a place on the blog tour.
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Giveaway (UK only)
To win a copy of Cage, just Follow and Retweet the pinned Tweet at @bookslifethings.
Closing Date 31st October 2019
and there is one winner.
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responsible for despatch or delivery of the prize.
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