The Mist

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 * Sunday Times *Is this the best crime writer in the world today? … He’s truly a master of his genre * The Times Online *This is Icelandic noir of the highest order, with Jonasson’s atmospheric sense of place, and his heroine’s unerring humanity shining from every page * Daily Mail *This is such a tense, gripping readTriumphant … Other writers have explored the possibilities of telling a story in reverse; thus far only Ragnar Jonasson has rendered hindsight so heartbreaking * The Times *Jónasson takes us back to Hulda’s origin story with a tale that combines his special talents for spinning a chilling and ingeniously constructed mystery and evoking the dramatic Icelandic environment * Sunday Times Crime Club *Triumphant conclusion. Chilling, creepy, perceptive, almost unbearably tense – Ian RankinJonasson’s is a unique voice in this genre. The beauty of this trilogy is that each book enraptures us almost to the point of forgetting the future we already know. Brilliantly effective * The Times Literary Supplement *Jónasson weaves his suspenseful tales together with remorseless logic up to a climax more nightmarish than the buildup * Kirkus *

Ragnar Jónasson (Author)

Ragnar Jónasson is the award-winning Icelandic author of the international bestselling Hulda series, the Dark Iceland series, and standalone crime fiction, with five million copies sold across 36 territories. Ragnar was also an executive producer of the CBS Studios TV series The Darkness, based on the first novel in his Hulda series, starring Lena Olin and directed by Lasse Hallström. His novel Outside is being developed for the screen by Ridley Scott.

Victoria Cribb (Translator)

Victoria Cribb studied and worked in Iceland for many years. She has translated more than 25 novels from the Icelandic and, in 2017, she received the Orðstír honorary translation award for services to Icelandic literature.

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