{"product_id":"winterkill-9781913193447","title":"Winterkill","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE STUNNING FINAL INSTALMENT OF THE MULTI-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING DARK ICELAND SERIES \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e **Sunday Times BOOK OF THE MONTH** \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'J nasson is an automatic must-read for me ... possibly the best Scandi writer working today' \u003cb\u003eLee Child\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'Is this the best crime writer in the world today? ... Truly a master of his genre' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'The engaging Ari Thor returns in this darkly claustrophobic tale. Perfect mid-winter reading' \u003cb\u003eAnn Cleeves\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'A stunningly atmospheric story. Ari Th r Arason returns in this pitch-perfect, beautifully paced crime novel ... Ragnar J nasson is at the top of his game, and a master of the genre' \u003cb\u003eWill Dean \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e ______________ \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A blizzard is approaching Siglufj r ur, and that can only mean one thing... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When the body of a nineteen-year-old girl is found on the main street of Siglufj r ur, Police Inspector Ari Th r battles a violent Icelandic storm in an increasingly dangerous hunt for her killer ... The chilling, claustrophobic finale to the international bestselling Dark Iceland series. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Easter weekend is approaching, and snow is gently falling in Siglufj r ur, the northernmost town in Iceland, as crowds of tourists arrive to visit the majestic ski slopes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ari Th r Arason is now a police inspector, but he's 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 death... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As the extreme weather closes in, cutting the power and access to Siglufj r ur, Ari Th r must piece together the puzzle to reveal a horrible truth ... one that will leave no one unscathed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eChilling, claustrophobic and disturbing, \u003ci\u003eWinterkill\u003c\/i\u003e is a startling addition to the multi-million-copy bestselling Dark Iceland series and cements Ragnar J nasson as one of the most exciting and acclaimed authors in crime fiction. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e _______________ \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Praise for Ragnar J nasson'A sinister twisted tragedy' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'If Iceland missed out on the Golden Age of crime writing, the country - and Jonasson - is certainly making up for it now' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'Outstanding ... Series fans will be sorry to see the last of Ari Th r' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'Jonasson's Dark Iceland novels are instant classics' \u003cb\u003eWilliam Ryan\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'J nasson's punchy, straightforward prose is engrossing ... A diverting mystery' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'Consummate crime writing ... poignant and disturbing' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Books Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'Chilling, creepy, perceptive, almost unbearably tense' \u003cb\u003eIan Rankin\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'A tense, gripping read' \u003cb\u003eAnthony Horowitz\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Icelandic noir of the highest order, with J nasson's atmospheric sense of place, and his heroine's unerring humanity shining from every page' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'Ragnar J nasson writes with a chilling, poetic beauty' \u003cb\u003ePeter James\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'Traditional and beautifully finessed' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'J nasson's true gift is for describing the daunting beauty of the fierce setting' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'A chiller of a thriller' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'J nasson's books have breathed new life into Nordic noir' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eExpress\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\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 was born in Reykjavík. In the past, he's worked in TV and radio, including as a news reporter for the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service. Ragnar's debut thriller, \u003ci\u003eSnowblind\u003c\/i\u003e, became an almost instant bestseller when it was published in June 2015 with \u003ci\u003eNightblind \u003c\/i\u003e(winner of the Dead Good Reads Most Captivating Crime in Translation Award) and then \u003ci\u003eBlackout \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eRupture \u003c\/i\u003efollowing soon after. To date, Ragnar Jónasson has written five novels in the Dark Iceland series, which has been optioned for TV by On the Corner. \u003cb\u003eDavid Warriner \u003c\/b\u003etranslates from French and nurtures a healthy passion for Franco, Nordic, and British crime fiction. Growing up in deepest Yorkshire, he developed incurable Francophilia at an early age. Emerging from Oxford with a modern languages degree, he narrowly escaped the graduate rat race by hopping on a plane to Canada--and never looked back. More than a decade into a high-powered commercial translation career, he listened to his heart and turned his hand again to the delicate art of literary translation. David has lived in France, Quebec, and now calls beautiful British Columbia home.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Orenda Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50642069553426,"sku":"9781913193447","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3379efa3-1bac-4ab1-8137-12861e5ff730.jpg?v=1733055466","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/winterkill-9781913193447","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}