THE GRIPPING MYSTERY FROM ‘NEXT-GEN NORDIC STAR’ (LA TIMES) AND SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR, RAGNAR JONASSON’ONE OF THE FINEST CRIME WRITERS IN THE WORLD TODAY’ DAILY MAILJnasson is an automatic must-read for me . . . possibly the best Scandi writer working todayLEE CHILDA master of the Icelandic thrillerNEW YORK POST—-One winter evening bestselling crime author,Eln S. Jnsdttirgoes missing.There are no clues to her disappearance and it is up to young detective, Helgi, to crack the case before it’s leaked to the press.As he interviews the people closest to her a publisher, an accountant, a retired judge he realises that Elns life wasnt what it seemed. In fact, her past is even stranger than her stories.As the case of the missing crime writer becomes more mysterious by the hour, Helgi must uncover the secrets of a very unexpected life . . .’Rooted in the golden age of crime fiction and full of charming literary allusions. Elegiac and satisfying’Sunday Times