Dead Weight

<p><b>An Icelandic night may hide secrets and affairs – or even bodies – in this gruesomely cathartic horror thriller from the author of </b><b><i>The Night Guest.</i></b><br><br>Unnur was living a normal, if lonely, life until a black cat showed up at her door.<br><br>When she tracks down the cat’s wayward owner, she finds a young woman just as lost and in need of help. Like a gust of cold air in a Reykjavík night, Ásta and her pet slip into Unnur’s life.<br><br>It’s unexpected, but welcome. Unnur likes the company, and she begins to rely on Ásta in turn. But like a black cat, trouble has been tailing her new friend, and Unnur is the only one there for Ásta when things take a violent turn. <br><br>The two women quickly learn: nothing tests a friendship like blood on your hands.<br><br><br><u>Also by Hildur </u><u>Knútsdóttir</u>:<br><i>The Night Guest</i><br><i>Down Where Monsters Dwell</i></p>