Winterkill [electronic resource]
Jónasson, Ragnar2020
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THE STUNNING FINAL INSTALMENT OF THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING DARK ICELAND SERIES 'Jónasson is an automatic must-read for me ... possibly the best Scandi writer working today' Lee Child 'The best crime writer in the world today ... truly a master of his genre' The Times 'The engaging Ari Thor returns in this darkly claustrophobic tale. Perfect mid-winter reading' Ann Cleeves –––––––––––––––– A blizzard is approaching Siglufjörður, and that can only mean one thing... When the body of a nineteen-year-old girl is found on the main street of Siglufjörður, Police Inspector Ari Thór battles a violent Icelandic storm in an increasingly dangerous hunt for her killer ... The chilling, claustrophobic finale to the international bestselling Dark Iceland series. Easter weekend is approaching, and snow is gently falling in Siglufjörður, the northernmost town in Iceland, as crowds of tourists arrive to visit the majestic ski slopes. Ari Thór Arason is now a police inspector, but he's separated from his girlfriend, who lives in Sweden with their three-year-old son. A family reunion is planned for the holiday, but a violent blizzard is threatening and there is an unsettling chill in the air. Three days before Easter, a nineteen-year-old local girl falls to her death from the balcony of a house on the main street. A perplexing entry in her diary suggests that this may not be an accident, and when an old man in a local nursing home writes 'She was murdered' again and again on the wall of his room, there is every suggestion that something more sinister lies at the heart of her death... As the extreme weather closes in, cutting the power and access to Siglufjörður, Ari Thór must piece together the puzzle to reveal a horrible truth ... one that will leave no one unscathed. Chilling, claustrophobic and disturbing, Winterkill is a startling addition to the multi-million-copy bestselling Dark Iceland series and cements Ragnar Jónasson as one of the most exciting and acclaimed authors in crime fiction. –––––––––––––––– Praise for Ragnar Jónasson 'A stunningly atmospheric story. Ari Thór Arason returns in this pitch-perfect, beautifully paced crime novel ... Ragnar Jónasson is at the top of his game, and a master of the genre' Will Dean 'Chilling, creepy, perceptive, almost unbearably tense' Ian Rankin 'This is such a tense, gripping read' Anthony Horowitz 'A world-class crime writer' Sunday Times '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 'Ragnar Jónasson writes with a chilling, poetic beauty' Peter James 'A gritty and superb thriller series ... Ari Thór is a memorable detective who will go down as one of the greats' Michael Wood 'A vivid cast of characters, whose fears, ambitions, rivalries and longings are movingly universal' Oprah magazine 'The darkness and cold are palpable' The Times 'Traditional and beautifully finessed' Independent 'Jónasson's true gift is for describing the daunting beauty of the fierce setting, lashed by blinding snowstorms that smother the village in "a thick, white darkness" that is strangely comforting' New York Times 'A chiller of a thriller' Washington Post 'Required reading' New York...
Main title:
Winterkill [electronic resource] / Ragnar Jónasson
Author:
Jónasson, Ragnar, AuthorWarriner, David, Translator
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Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Orenda Books Ltd, 2020
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Series:
Dark Iceland
Biography/History:
Icelandic crime writer Ragnar Jónasson was born in Reykjavík, and currently works as a lawyer, while teacher copyright law at the Reykjavík University Law School. In the past, he's worked in TV and radio, including as a news reporter for the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service. Before embarking on a writing career, Ragnar translated fourteen Agatha Christie novels into Icelandic, and has had several short stories published in German, English and Icelandic literary magazines. Ragnar set up the first overseas chapter of the CWA (Crime Writers' Association) in Reykjavík, and is co-founder of the International crime-writing festival Iceland Noir. Ragnar's debut thriller, Snowblind became an almost instant bestseller when it was published in June 2015 with Nightblind (winner of the Dead Good Reads Most Captivating Crime in Translation Award) and then Blackout and Rupture following soon after. To date, Ragnar Jónasson has written five novels in the Dark Iceland series, which has been optioned for TV by On the Corner. He lives in Reykjavík with his wife and two daughters. Visit him on Twitter @ragnarjo or at ragnarjonasson.com
ISBN:
9781913193454
Language:
English
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BRN:
364379