A searing and iconoclastic crime novel, in which photographer Cass Neary, introduced in the underground classic Generation Loss, finds herself drawn into the shadowy world of crime in Scandinavia's coldest corners.
As this riveting tour-de-force opens, the police already want to talk to the photographer Cass Neary about a mysterious death she was involved with previously, but before they can bring her in, Cass accepts a job offer from overseas and hops on a plane.
In Helsinki, she authenticates a series of disturbing but stunning images taken by a famous fashion photographer who has cut himself off from the violent Nordic music scene where he first made his reputation. Paid off by her shady employer, she buys a one-way ticket to Reykjavik, in search of a lover from her own dark past.
But when the fashion photographer's mutilated corpse is discovered back in Finland, Cass finds herself sucked into a vortex of ancient myth and betrayal, vengeance and serial murder, set against a bone-splintering soundtrack of black metal and the terrifying beauty of the sunless Icelandic wilderness.
In this eagerly awaited sequel to the award-winning Generation Loss, Cass Neary finds her own worst fears confirmed: it's always darkest before it turns completely black.
A skin-blistering crime novel, as edgy and black as dried blood on a moonlit night. Robert Crais
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'A skin-blistering crime novel as edgy and black as dried blood on a moonlit night' Robert Crais
Before the New York police can question photographer Cass Neary about a mysterious death she was involved with in Maine, she accepts a job in Finland - far away from her troubles in the US.
In Helsinki, she authenticates a series of disturbing yet beautiful images taken by a reclusive fashion photographer who has distanced himself from the violent Nordic music scene where he first made his reputation. But his body is discovered, mutilated, soon after her visit - and Cass is inexorably drawn into a dangerous criminal underworld.
Set against a bone-splintering soundtrack of black metal and the terrifying beauty of the sunless Scandinavian wilderness, Available Dark is a chilling story of betrayal, vengeance and serial murder.
'Elizabeth Hand takes us on a dangerous and drug-fuelled trip through a world of art fetishists, death metal bands, and Nordic blood cults. This book disturbs and delights.' Paul Doiron, author of The Poacher's Son
This book disturbs and delights.' Paul Doiron, author of The Poacher's Son
'There's a deadly beauty to her bleak rendering of the Nordic landscape.' New York Times Book Review
£7.99
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