num_pages: 276
description: When a depressed alcoholic single mother disappears everything suggests suicide but when her body is found Icelandic Detective Elma and her team are thrust into a perplexing chilling investigation.PAPERBACK STAR PICK in THE TIMES CRIME CLUB When single mother Maranna disappears from her home leaving an apologetic note on the kitchen table everyone assumes that shes taken her own life  until her body is found on the Grbrk lava fields seven months later clearly the victim of murder. Her neglected fifteen-year-old daughter Hekla has been placed in foster care but is her perfect new life hiding something sinister? Fifteen years earlier a desperate new mother lies in a maternity ward unable to look at her own child the start of an odd and broken relationship that leads to a shocking tragedy. Police officer Elma and her colleagues take on the case which becomes increasingly complex as the number of suspects grows and new light is shed on Marannas past  and the childhood of a girl who never was like the others
language: English
title: Girls Who Lie
publisher: Orenda Books