The Girl Who Died

Intriguing . . . This spooky novel draws on Icelandic sagas to create an atmosphere of growing menace. * The Times, CRIME BOOK OF THE YEAR *
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 * The Times, BOOK OF THE MONTH *
A creepy tale * The Times *
A master of the Icelandic thriller * New York Post *
With the bleakest of landscapes and some supernatural undertones, this is one creepy thriller that'll have you leaving ALL the lights on * Vogue Scandinavia *
Spooky, sophisticated. Jonasson is strong on atmosphere * Sunday Times *
Invigorating Iceland-set slice of Nordic Noir * Daily Mail *
With his trademark elegant prose and atmospheric sense of place, Jonasson weaves a slow-burning, haunting tale with a chilling ending * Daily Record *
A chilling psychological thriller with an unexpected ending that will haunt the reader * The Canberra Times *
Haunting psychological novel tinged with the supernatural * Daily Record *
With his trademark elegant prose and atmospheric sense of place, Jónasson weaves a slow-burning, haunting tale with a chilling ending * Sunday Express *
Lean, compulsive. Great stories that combine traditional puzzle-solving of the golden age crime fiction with a moody expansive psychology * The Times *
No. 1 Scandi horror novel to get you in the mood for Halloween * Vogue Scandinavia *
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 *
Fiendishy clever trilogy * Financial Times *
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 * Booklist *
The Icelandic king of crime * Göteborgsposten *
A deeply atmospheric mystery * Choice Magazine *
Few among the country's authors match Jonasson in conveying insular abandonment . . . excellent * Toronto Star *
Ragnar Jonasson's impeccable plotting is really a wonder of the crime genre . . . a masterfully conceived horror novel * Dayton Daily News *
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 * CADs Magazine *
A demonic piece of horror * Dayton Daily News *
Praise for Ragnar Jónasson * - *
Triumphant . . . Chilling, creepy, perceptive, almost unbearably tense * Ian Rankin *
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 * The Times Online *
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 * The Times *
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 Sunday Times *
The red hot crime writer from the frozen north . . . One of the most important voices on the international crime scene * The Times *
A master of the Icelandic thriller. * New York Post *
Invigorating Iceland-set slice of Nordic Noir. * Daily Mail *
Fiendishy clever trilogy * Financial Times *
Triumphant conclusion to the trilogy. Only Ragnar Jónasson has rendered hindsight so heartbreaking. * Sunday Times (on the Hidden Iceland trilogy) *