Betrayal
Contents (148)
- Betrayal
- CONTENTS
- PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
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- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
- ABOUT THE TRANSLATOR
- BY THE SAME AUTHOR
- COPYRIGHT
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Burned out and traumatised by her horrifying experiences around the world, aid worker Úrsúla has returned to Iceland. Unable to settle, she accepts a high-profile government role in which she hopes to make a difference again.
But on her first day in the post, Úrsúla promises to help a mother seeking justice for her daughter, who had been raped by a policeman, and life in high office soon becomes much more harrowing than Úrsúla could ever have imagined. A homeless man is stalking her – but is he hounding her, or warning her of some danger? And why has the death of her father in police custody so many years earlier reared its head again?
As Úrsúla is drawn into dirty politics, facing increasingly deadly threats, the lives of her stalker, her bodyguard and even a witch-like cleaning lady intertwine. Small betrayals become large ones, and the stakes are raised ever higher…
Exploring the harsh worlds of politics, police corruption and misogyny, Betrayal is a relevant, powerful, fast-paced thriller that feels just a little bit too real…
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Betrayal
Lilja Sigurðardóttir
Translated by Quentin Bates
CONTENTS
- Title Page
- Pronunciation Guide
- Friday
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- Saturday
- 8
- 9
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- Sunday
- 11
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- 13
- Monday
- 14
- 15
- 16
- 17
- 18
- 19
- 20
- Tuesday
- 21
- 22
- 23
- 24
- 25
- 26
- 27
- 28
- Wednesday
- 29
- 30
- 31
- 32
- 33
- 34
- 35
- 36
- 37
- Thursday
- 38
- 39
- 40
- 41
- 42
- 43
- 44
- 45
- 46
- 47
- 48
- 49
- Friday
- 50
- 51
- 52
- 53
- 54
- Saturday
- 55
- 56
- 57
- 58
- 59
- Sunday
- 60
- 61
- 62
- 63
- 64
- Monday
- 65
- 66
- 67
- 68
- 69
- Tuesday
- 70
- 71
- 72
- 73
- Wednesday
- 74
- 75
- 76
- 77
- 78
- 79
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- Thursday
- 81
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- 83
- 84
- 85
- 86
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- 88
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- Friday
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- 95
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- Saturday
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- 100
- 101
- 102
- 103
- 104
- Sunday
- 105
- 106
- 107
- Monday
- 108
- 109
- 110
- 111
- 112
- 113
- 114
- 115
- 116
- 117
- Tuesday
- 118
- 119
- 120
- 121
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author
- About the Translator
- By the Same Author
- Copyright
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PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
Icelandic has a couple of letters that don’t exist in other European languages and which are not always easy to replicate. The letter ð is generally replaced with a d in English, but we have decided to use the Icelandic letter to remain closer to the original names. Its sound is closest to the hard th in English, as found in thus and bathe.
The letter r is generally rolled hard with the tongue against the roof of the mouth.
In pronouncing Icelandic personal and place names, the emphasis is placed on the first syllable.
Úrsúla – Oors-oola
Óðinn – Oe-thinn
Rúnar – Roo-nar
Gunnar – Gunn-nar
Kátur – Kow-tuur
Eva – Ey-va
Gréta – Grye-ta
Freyja – Frey-ya
Herdís – Her-dees
Ingimar Magnússon – Ingi-mar Mag-noos-son
Thorbjörn – Thor-byortn
Katrín Eva – Kat-reen Ey-va