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The Mysterious Case of the Missing Crime Writer

Death at the Sanatorium

Reykjavík

The heart-pounding new mystery soon to be a major motion picture

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Hidden Iceland Series, Book Three

The Mist

Hidden Iceland Series, Book Two

The Island

The Darkness

The Girl Who Died

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Intriguing . . . This spooky novel draws on Icelandic sagas to create an atmosphere of growing menace.

An intensely gripping mystery, Ragnar Jonasson is a poet of the "dark, wet and cold", of the "gloom, cold and rain". The climactic revelations are credible and moving

A master of the Icelandic thriller

With the bleakest of landscapes and some supernatural undertones, this is one creepy thriller that'll have you leaving ALL the lights on

Spooky, sophisticated. Jonasson is strong on atmosphere

Invigorating Iceland-set slice of Nordic Noir

With his trademark elegant prose and atmospheric sense of place, Jonasson weaves a slow-burning, haunting tale with a chilling ending

A chilling psychological thriller with an unexpected ending that will haunt the reader

Haunting psychological novel tinged with the supernatural

With his trademark elegant prose and atmospheric sense of place, Jónasson weaves a slow-burning, haunting tale with a chilling ending

Lean, compulsive. Great stories that combine traditional puzzle-solving of the golden age crime fiction with a moody expansive psychology

No. 1 Scandi horror novel to get you in the mood for Halloween

With the addition of sinister hostility from the locals, the bleakest of landscapes and some supernatural undertones, this is one creepy thriller that’ll have you leaving all the lights on

Vogue Scandinavia, Best Nordic noir books of all time

A mist-shrouded blend of horror and psychological thriller . . . works in every way. The isolated village and the pre-smartphone 1980s setting create a sense of claustrophobia that combines with the villagers' secrecy and the hint of supernatural elements to infuse strong foreboding throughout what is ultimately revealed to be a story about trust

Few among the country's authors match Jonasson in conveying insular abandonment . . . excellent

Ragnar Jonasson's impeccable plotting is really a wonder of the crime genre . . . a masterfully conceived horror novel

Perfect for anyone who loves Nordic crime noir, the colder the better. The writing really brings alive a bleak, cold environment in which Una is struggling to survive and maintain her sanity

Praise for Ragnar Jónasson

Triumphant . . . Chilling, creepy, perceptive, almost unbearably tense

Triumphant conclusion to the trilogy. Only Ragnar Jónasson has rendered hindsight so heartbreaking.

Sunday Times (on the Hidden Iceland trilogy)

Is this the best crime writer in the world today? . . . He's truly a master of his genre

Jónasson is an automatic must-read for me . . . possibly the best Scandi writer working today

It is nothing less than a landmark in modern crime fiction

A world-class crime writer. One of the most astonishing plots of modern crime fiction. A triumphant conclusion to the trilogy [that] makes Iceland's pre-eminence in the crime genre even more marked

The red hot crime writer from the frozen north . . . One of the most important voices on the international crime scene

A master of the Icelandic thriller.

Invigorating Iceland-set slice of Nordic Noir.

Una is devastated after the suicide of her father. So when she sees an advert seeking a teacher for two girls in Skálar on the storm-battered north coast of the island, she sees it as a chance to escape. 
But once she arrives, Una quickly realises nothing in city life has prepared her for this. The villagers are unfriendly. The weather is bleak. And, from the creaky attic bedroom in the old house she's living, she's convinced she hears the ghostly sound of singing. 
Una worries that she's losing her mind. And then, just before Christmas, there's a death in the village . . .

THE NAIL-BITING SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR 
 
'Is this the best crime writer in the world today?' The Times 
 
'A world-class crime writer . . . One of the most astonishing plots of modern crime fiction' Sunday Times 
 
'It is nothing less than a landmark in modern crime fiction' The Times 
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'TEACHER WANTED AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD . . .' 
 
After the loss of her father, Una sees a chance to escape Reykjavík to tutor two girls in the tiny village of Skálar - population just ten - on Iceland's storm-battered north coast. 
 
But city life hasn't prepared her for the unforgiving weather nor inhospitable village life. Worse, the creaky old house where she lives is playing on her already fragile mind when she's convinced she hears the ghostly sound of singing. 
 
Then, at midwinter, a young girl is found dead. 
 
And one of the villagers must have blood on their hands . . . 
________ 
 
'An intensely gripping mystery' The Times 
 
'Invigorating Iceland-set slice of Nordic Noir' Daily Mail 
 
'With the addition of sinister hostility from the locals, the bleakest of landscapes and some supernatural undertones, this is one creepy thriller that’ll have you leaving all the lights on' Vogue Scandinavia, Best Nordic Noir Books of All Time 
 
 
Praise for Ragnar Jónasson 
 
'This is Icelandic noir of the highest order, with Jónasson's atmospheric sense of place, and his heroine's unerring humanity shining from every page' Daily Mail 
 
'Triumphant conclusion. Chilling, creepy, perceptive, almost unbearably tense' Ian Rankin 
 
'This is such a tense, gripping read' Anthony Horowitz 
 
'Brilliantly effective. Each book enraptures us' The Times Literary Supplement 
 
'Superb . . . chilling . . . one of the great tragic heroines of contemporary detective fiction' Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month 
 
'A classic crime story seen through a uniquely Icelandic lens. First rate and highly recommended' Lee Child 
 
'Chilling - a must-read' Peter James

Ragnar Jónasson is an international number one bestselling author who has sold over two million books in thirty-two countries worldwide. He was born in Reykjavík, Iceland, where he also works as an investment banker and teaches copyright law at Reykjavík University. He has previously worked on radio and television, including as a TV news reporter for the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service, and, from the age of seventeen, has translated fourteen of Agatha Christie's novels. His critically acclaimed international bestseller The Darkness is soon to be a major TV series.

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Intriguing . . . This spooky novel draws on Icelandic sagas to create an atmosphere of growing menace.

An intensely gripping mystery, Ragnar Jonasson is a poet of the "dark, wet and cold", of the "gloom, cold and rain". The climactic revelations are credible and moving

A creepy tale

A master of the Icelandic thriller

With the bleakest of landscapes and some supernatural undertones, this is one creepy thriller that'll have you leaving ALL the lights on

Spooky, sophisticated. Jonasson is strong on atmosphere

Invigorating Iceland-set slice of Nordic Noir

With his trademark elegant prose and atmospheric sense of place, Jonasson weaves a slow-burning, haunting tale with a chilling ending

A chilling psychological thriller with an unexpected ending that will haunt the reader

Haunting psychological novel tinged with the supernatural

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