Hello and welcome to my stop of the Betrayal Random Things Tours blog tour! A huge thanks to Anne Cater for inviting me to be part of this blog tour. I loved my time with the Reykjavik Noir Trilogy, so of course there was no way I could resist a new stand-alone written by the same author. And it turned out to be another solid piece of nordic noir! Want to know why? Please join me while I share my thoughts…
Title: Betrayal
Author: Lilja Sigurðardóttir
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Suspense
First published: October 2018
Publisher: Orenda Books
Finished reading: October 4th 2020
Pages: 276
(Originally written in Icelandic: ‘Svik’)
“If only it was as easy to delete people in real life as it was on Facebook.”
*** A copy of this book was kindly provided to me by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Thank you! ***
I loved my time with the Reykjavik Noir Trilogy last year, so of course I couldn’t wait to try more of Lilja Sigurðardóttir‘s writing. This time around we have a stand-alone to enjoy with Betrayal, and it is without doubt another solid piece of nordic noir. Get ready to transport yourself to Iceland and enjoy an intricate and multi-dimentional story! Fans of the genre will have a great time with this one.
The Icelandic setting really shines through, and I loved how the translation stayed true to the original Icelandic names. On that note, a round of applause to Quentin Bates for the flawless translation and for enabling us to read this piece of Icelandic fiction in the first place! Betrayal is essentially a multi-dimentional story with a multiple POV structure and various different storylines in play. We have our main character Ursula and the focus on her work as a minister, we have Gunnar as her driver and bodyguard, we have the cleaner Stella and the LGBT angle, we have Petur and the mysteries around the past as well as the present… Lots of different angles and different storylines to keep you busy along the way. And of course that all important question: who is ‘the devil’ and what did he do?
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, including Snare, Trap and Cage, making up the Reykjavik Noir trilogy, which have hit bestseller lists worldwide. The film rights have been bought by Palomar Pictures in California. She lives in Reykjavík with her partner.
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Fab review1 xx
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Thanks! xx
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Thanks for the blog tour support xx
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Thanks for having me on the tour! ❤
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I have only ever read one book that had a great Iceland setting, so that intrigues me. Great review!
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I love books with nordic settings! Iceland seems so beautiful; I’ve had a few friends travel there and it’s definitely on my travel wishlist.
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Wonderful review Yvonne. I have only read a couple of Nordic Noir books, but enjoyed them. Just what I need, another genre and many authors to investigate.
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I’ve rediscovered my love for the nordic noir genre in recent years, and Orenda Books is an excellent publisher to turn to as they have a wide variety of nordic noir titles and authors available. xx
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Yes, I have been looking specifically at their books after reading several of your posts Yvonne.
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Oh that’s wonderful to hear! They have a great selection of different genres and authors. xx
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Excellent review, Yvonne. I’m new to the Nordic noir genre. I also love reading books with complex plots and characters. I think I’ll like this one. Thanks for sharing. 🙂
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I love the nordic noir genre personally, and not just because of the fact that it feels like traveling through the descriptions in the story…
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