Review: The Last Tenant, by Eva Björg Ægisdóttir

Description

When the skeletons of a young woman and a baby are uncovered on
a long-abandoned farm in Hvalfjörður, it is clear they were buried
years apart. West Iceland CID begins to investigate the disturbing
discovery, aware that someone has gone to great lengths to keep the
past hidden.

In Akranes, Karitas, a young single mother seeking a new start, settles
in with her four-year-old son and rents a basement flat from an
eccentric landlord. A cautious sense of happiness returns when she
meets the boy next door.

But when news breaks that a local girl has been murdered, Karitas
must decide who she can trust, knowing that one wrong choice could
place her and her child in danger. Detective Elma is drawn into the
case, forced to navigate long-hidden family secrets to understand a
killer’s motive, while struggling to hold together her increasingly
troubled relationship with Sævar.

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