When a celebrated government official is found dead after his surprise birthday party, a young police officer uncovers a terrifying world of financial crime, sinister cults and disturbing secret lives. Icelandic politician Katrin Juliusdottir's award-winning debut - first in a breathtaking series...**Winner of the Blackbird Award for Best Icelandic Crime Debut**`A breathtaking political thriller from one of Iceland's most exciting new voices' Eva Bjorg AEgisdottir`Katrin Juliusdottir skilfully weaves together intense family dynamics, dark pasts and criminal endeavours in this masterful narrative' Lilja Sigurdardottir____________________A murder is just the beginning...When Ottar Karlsson, a wealthy and respected government official and businessman, is found murdered, after failing to turn up at his own surprise birthday party, the police are at a loss. It isn't until young police officer Sigurdis finds a well-hidden safe in his impersonal luxury apartment that clues start emerging.As Ottar's shady business dealings become clear, a second, unexpected line of enquiry emerges, when Sigurdis finds a US phone number in the safe, along with papers showing regular money transfers to an American account. Following the trail to Minnesota, trauma rooted in Sigurdis's own childhood threatens to resurface and the investigation strikes chillingly close to home...Atmospheric, deeply unsettling and full of breakneck twists and turns, Dead Sweet is a startling debut thriller that uncovers a terrifying world of financial crime, sinister cults and disturbing secret lives, and kicks off an addictive, mind-blowing new series.______________________`Exceptional and realistic characters ... Dead Sweet hooks you in from the very first page and keeps you there until the unexpected ending' Blackbird Award Yrsa Sigurdardottir, Ragnar Jonasson and Bjarni THorsteinsson`An excellent debut thriller with a highly original storyline' Saeunn Gisladottir, The Reading RoomWhat readers are saying...*****`Dark, chilling and twisty ... I couldn't put it down'`Breathtakingly unnerving'`What an ending!'`So atmospheric, so clever'`Sigurdis is a brilliant character"The tension is almost unbearable ... I loved it!'