{"product_id":"whiteout-9781910633892","title":"Whiteout","description":"\u003cb\u003eTHE FOURTH INSTALMENT IN THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING DARK ICELAND SERIES \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When the body of a young woman is found dead beneath the cliffs of the deserted Icelandic village of Kálfshamarvík, police officer Ari Thór Arason uncovers a startling and terrifying connection to an earlier series of deaths, as the killer remains on the loose... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'Jónasson's books have breathed new life into Nordic noir' \u003ci\u003eSunday Express\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Jónasson skilfully alternates points of view and shifts of time ... The action builds to a shattering climax' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e ________________ \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Two days before Christmas, a young woman is found dead beneath the cliffs of the deserted village of Kálfshamarvík. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Did she jump, or did something more sinister take place beneath the lighthouse and the abandoned old house on the remote rocky outcrop? \u003cbr\u003e With winter closing in and the snow falling relentlessly, Ari Thór Arason discovers that the victim's mother and young sister also lost their lives in this same spot, twenty-five years earlier. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDark, chilling and complex, \u003ci\u003eWhiteout\u003c\/i\u003e is a haunting, atmospheric and stunningly plotted thriller from one of Iceland's bestselling crime writers. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e ________________ \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e '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, \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Jónasson has come up with a bleak plot and characters, but his evocation of Iceland's chilly landscape is hard to put down' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A distinctive blend of Nordic Noir and Golden Age detective fiction ... masterful' \u003c\/b\u003eLaura Wilson, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Required reading' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Puts a lively, sophisticated spin on the Agatha Christie model, taking it down intriguing dark alleys' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The best sort of gloomy storytelling' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The prose is stark and minimal, the mood dank and frost-tipped. It's also bleakly brilliant, although perhaps best read with a warming shot of whisky by your side' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eMetro\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A classic crime story seen through a uniquely Icelandic lens ... first rate and highly recommended' \u003c\/b\u003eLee Child \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Ragnar Jónasson writes with a chilling, poetic beauty - a must-read' \u003c\/b\u003ePeter James \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A modern take on an Agatha Christie-style mystery, as twisty as any slalom' \u003c\/b\u003eIan Rankin \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Seductive ... Ragnar does claustrophobia beautifully' \u003c\/b\u003eAnn Cleeves\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRagnar Jónasson \u003c\/b\u003eis an Icelandic crime writer who currently works as a lawyer while teaching copyright law at the Reykjavík University Law School. 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