Friðsemd has always been into erotic thrillers, which her best friend Fatima mass produced as if on an assembly line. Her own everyday life is anything but exciting. When the best friend suddenly dies in a suspicious accident, Friðsemd is thrown into danger and before she knows it, her life has become pulp fiction, dark and sinister.

“To solve crimes decently, you have to work alone and, above all, trust your intuition.”

The Perished Land is a hilarious and unconventional literary thriller about loss, hope and friendship in a fragile world.

Brynja Hjálmsdóttir (1992) is a poet and author and holds a MA in Creative Writing from the University of Iceland. Her books of poetry Okfruman and Kona lítur við garnered much attention and she is a recipient of the prestigious Ljóðstafur Jóns úr Vör poetry prize and the Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Encouragement Award. Her work has been translated into six languages and appeared in various literary journals and anthologies.