Eva Björg’s book named among Britain’s best crime novels for September

British readers have embraced Icelandic thriller writer Eva Björg Ægisdóttir. The Times has named her novel “The Night She Disappeared” one of the five best crime and thriller books released in Britain in September.

The newspaper’s reviewer highlighted the book’s central question: what would someone do after realizing that something bad was happening but being unable to prove it? The review also emphasized how little people sometimes know about one another, concluding that the novel would give readers goosebumps.

Ægisdóttir’s previous work has also attracted attention in Britain. “Home Before Dark” was nominated this spring for the CWA International Dagger, awarded for translated crime fiction, while her debut, “The Murmur in the Staircase,” won the award for debut crime novel. Another book, “Girls Who Lie,” was nominated for crime novel of the year. Victoria Cribb translated “The Night She Disappeared” into English.

A television series titled “Elma,” based on “The Murmur in the Staircase,” will premiere on Sjónvarp Símans in October. Glassriver is producing the series.

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The book not only raises the question, ‘What would you do if you knew something bad was happening but could not prove it?’ It also underlines how little we sometimes know about people. One thing is certain: you will get goosebumps reading The Night She Disappeared.