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HARPER COLLINS UK
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THE FOURTH INSTALMENT IN THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING DARK ICELAND SERIES OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD When the body of a young woman is found dead beneath the cliffs of the deserted Icelandic village of Kalfshamarvik, police officer Ari Thór Arason uncovers a startling and terrifying connection to an earlier series of deaths, as the killer remains on the loose Jónassons books have breathed new life into Nordic noir Sunday Express Jónasson skilfully alternates points of view and shifts of time The action builds to a shattering climax Publishers Weekly ________________ Two days before Christmas, a young woman is found dead beneath the cliffs of the deserted village of Kalfshamarvik. Did she jump, or did something more sinister take place beneath the lighthouse and the abandoned old house on the remote rocky outcrop? With winter closing in and the snow falling relentlessly, Ari Thór Arason discovers that the victims mother and young sister also lost their lives in this same spot, twenty-five years earlier. As the dark history and its secrets of the village are unveiled, and the death toll begins to rise, the Siglufjordur detectives must race against the clock to find the killer, before another tragedy takes place.Dark, chilling and complex, Whiteout is a haunting, atmospheric and stunningly plotted thriller from one of Icelands bestselling crime writers. ________________ Traditional and beautifully finessed morally more equivocal than most traditional whodunnits, and it offers alluring glimpses of darker, and infinitely more threatening horizons Andrew Taylor, Independent Jónasson has come up with a bleak plot and characters, but his evocation of Icelands chilly landscape is hard to put down Sunday Times A distinctive blend of Nordic Noir and Golden Age detective fiction masterful Laura Wilson, Guardian Required reading New York Post Puts a lively, sophisticated spin on the Agatha Christie model, taking it down intriguing dark alleys Kirkus Reviews The best sort of gloomy storytelling Chicago Tribune The prose is stark and minimal, the mood dank and frost-tipped. Its also bleakly brilliant, although perhaps best read with a warming shot of whisky by your side Metro A classic crime story seen through a uniquely Icelandic lens first rate and highly recommended Lee Child Ragnar Jónasson writes with a chilling, poetic beauty - a must-read Peter James A modern take on an Agatha Christie-style mystery, as twisty as any slalom Ian Rankin Seductive Ragnar does claustrophobia beautifully Ann Cleeves
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WINTERKILL - DARK ICELAND VOL. 6
Ragnar Jónasson, David Warriner
- Harper Collins Uk
- 27 Janvier 2021
- 9781913193447
THE STUNNING FINAL INSTALMENT OF THE MULTI-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING DARK ICELAND SERIES **Sunday Times BOOK OF THE MONTH** Jónasson is an automatic must-read for me possibly the best Scandi writer working today Lee Child Is this the best crime writer in the world today? Truly a master of his genre The Times ''The engaging Ari Thór returns in this darkly claustrophobic tale. Perfect mid-winter reading'' Ann Cleeves 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 ______________ A blizzard is approaching Siglufjorður, and that can only mean one thing When the body of a nineteen-year-old girl is found on the main street of Siglufjorður, 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 Siglufjorður, 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 hes 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 Siglufjorður, 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 sinister twisted tragedy The Times If Iceland missed out on the Golden Age of crime writing, the country and Jónasson is certainly making up for it now Sunday Times Outstanding Series fans will be sorry to see the last of Ari Thór Publishers Weekly Jónassons Dark Iceland novels are instant classics William Ryan Jónassons punchy, straightforward prose is engrossing A diverting mystery Foreword Reviews ''Consummate crime writing poignant and disturbing New Books Magazine Chilling, creepy, perceptive, almost unbearably tense'' Ian Rankin ''A tense, gripping read'' Anthony Horowitz ''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 Traditional and beautifully finessed Independent Jónassons true gift is for describing the daunting beauty of the fierce setting New York Times A chiller of a thriller Washington Post Jónassons books have breathed new life into Nordic noir Express
