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  • Published: 1 March 2004
  • ISBN: 9780099449263
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 224
  • RRP: $32.99

The Butterfly Effect



'Curl up with a stiff whiskey and lose yourself in the inquiring mind of Igi Heitmann' - Guardian

It is a cold, dark, windy night in Oslo and Igi Heitmann pores over the debris in her dead father's office, trying to piece together the last days of his life as a failed private eye. She discovers a curious butterfly medallion in his desk - which in turn leads to the discovery of a young woman in a snow-drift, two bullets in her head and a gun in her hand. Igi's father and the young woman died within hours of each other - is the same person responsible for both their deaths?

Igi soon finds herself in the role of detective, on a trail that leads to the city's underworld of corruption, sadism and child abuse. Caught amongst the shards of a dozen shattered lives, she must tread carefully if she is to reconstruct the violent and tragic truth, and not be killed in the process.

  • Published: 1 March 2004
  • ISBN: 9780099449263
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 224
  • RRP: $32.99

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Praise for The Butterfly Effect

The intricate knots in the mystery keep the reader in a constant state of tension. Pernille Rygg creates...a story which is dynamic and hypnotic

Avisa Trondheim

[A] terrific first novel

Guardian

Miss Smilia's Feeling for Snow revisited

Guardian

A compelling thriller which invites comparison with Hoeg

Glasgow Herald