Tuesday, 11 February 2025

You Can't See Me (Forbidden Iceland #4) by Eva Björg Ægisdóttir









From Goodreads

A wealthy Icelandic family gathers for a reunion in a remote hotel on the isolated lava fields, but when someone goes missing, dark secrets are exposed and everyone is a suspect … the chilling, gripping prequel to the addictive, award-winning Forbidden Iceland series…

The wealthy, powerful Snæberg clan has gathered for a family reunion at a futuristic hotel set amongst the dark lava flows of Iceland's remote Snæfellsnes peninsula.

Petra Snæberg, a successful interior designer, is anxious about the event, and her troubled teenage daughter, Lea, whose social-media presence has attracted the wrong kind of followers. Ageing carpenter Tryggvi is an outsider, only tolerated because he's the boyfriend of Petra's aunt, but he's struggling to avoid alcohol because he knows what happens when he drinks … Humble hotel employee, Irma, is excited to meet this rich and famous family and observe them at close quarters … perhaps too close…

As the weather deteriorates and the alcohol flows, one of the guests disappears, and it becomes clear that there is a prowler lurking in the dark.

But is the real danger inside … within the family itself?

Masterfully cranking up the suspense, Eva Björg Ægisdóttir draws us into an isolated, frozen setting, where nothing is as it seems and no one can be trusted, as the dark secrets and painful pasts of the Snæberg family are uncovered … and the shocking truth revealed.

My thoughts

This was a book that I picked up from my local Library.  Having read and enjoyed one of the previous books in this series by this Author, I was keen to see what happened in this one.  Whilst this is the 4th in the series, it is actually marketed as a prequel to the series.

Set in a remote futuristic hotel in a remote area in Iceland, the Snæberg family are hosting a family reunion.  Like may families, this family has secrets hidden in the past, that they may prefer were kept in the past.  Will the past come back to haunt them and are  the secrets that are hidden in this family, going to come back to haunt them?

I enjoyed this book, I found the characters well written and the storyline drew me in.  The Icelandic setting made me want to be there in the hotel with them, I have no idea which member of the family I would like to have been..  I would love to visit Iceland and see the countryside in all it's glory.

I am looking forward to reading another book by this author.

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