PUBLICATION DATE: 17th JULY 2025
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November, 1967, Iceland.
Fourteen-year-old Marsí has a secret penpal – a boy who lives on the other side of the country – but she has been writing to him in her older sister’s name. Now she is excited to meet him for the first time.
But when the date arrives, Marsí is prevented from going, and during
the night her sister Stína goes missing – her bloodstained anorak later
found at the place where Marsí and her penpal had agreed to meet.
November, 1977.
Stína’s disappearance remains unsolved. Then an
unexpected letter arrives for Marsí It’s from her penpal, and he’s still
out there…
Desperate for news of her missing sister, but terrified that he might
coming after her next, Marsí returns to her hometown and embarks on
an investigation of her own.
But Marsí has always had trouble distinguishing her vivid dreams from
reality, and as insomnia threatens her sanity, it seems she can’t even
trust her own memories.
And her sister’s killer is still on the loose…
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