Winterkill (Dark Iceland series)

ISBN: 1913193462

Author: Jonasson, Ragnar

Condition: New

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 ChildIs this 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 CleevesA 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 Siglufjrur, and that can only mean one thingWhen the body of a nineteen-year-old girl is found on the main street of Siglufjrur, 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 Siglufjrur, 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 deathAs the extreme weather closes in, cutting the power and access to Siglufjrur, 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 JónassonA sinister twisted tragedy The TimesIf Iceland missed out on the Golden Age of crime writing, the country - and Jonasson - is certainly making up for it now Sunday TimesOutstanding Series fans will be sorry to see the last of Ari Thór Publishers WeeklyJonassons Dark Iceland novels are instant classics William RyanJónassons punchy, straightforward prose is engrossing A diverting mystery Foreword Reviews'Consummate crime writing poignant and disturbing New Books MagazineChilling, 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 MailRagnar Jónasson writes with a chilling, poetic beauty Peter JamesTraditional and beautifully finessed IndependentJónassons true gift is for describing the daunting beauty of the fierce setting New York TimesA chiller of a thriller Washington PostJónassons books have breathed new life into Nordic noir Express