Ragnar Jónasson

1987. An isolated farm house in the east of Iceland. The snowstorm should have shut everybody out. But it didn't. The couple should never have let him in. But they did. An unexpected guest, a liar, a killer. Not all will survive the night. And Detective Hulda will be haunted forever.

Hidden Iceland Series, Book Three

The Mist

Good. You knew there was going to be a twist, with so few characters. I skipped a bit of the second murder as it was overlong and (to me) unnecessary. Part of me wonders how Hulda ever became a detective, though. 

Jan Jackson

shellybn

** spoiler alert **
           None of my questions regarding the previous books in this series were resolved. This was another mystery that happened before the events of the first book in the series. There is still much mention of how Hulda believes she is being discriminated against, but I cannot trust her perception of the situation. The books also never explained how Hulda knew her husband was molesting their daughter. Since Dimma did not leave a suicide note, Hulda has no way of knowing for sure. It could be an example of Hulda relying on her detective instincts which were proven so fatally wrong in the first book. It could also be Hulda's way of absolving herself of being a part of her daughter's problem. I wanted to like Hulda, because she is roughly 10 years older than me in the first book, and so few books have interesting mature female characters older than their 30s. I really didn't, though. Her lack of progress in her career could be a result of others simply being better than her. I understand the title of the series is "Hidden Iceland," and part of what could be hidden is inherent sexism, but I don't think so. All this having been said, Ragnar Jonnasson, please write one more book, whether it features Hulda or not, rescued from her hidden grave and laying a trap for the killer, or having someone else from her division realizing she was onto something in her last case that no one else had noticed, and solving it, and her murder along with it. Please don't let her murder be part of what is hidden in Iceland.

Rebecca Lysaght

Pre-order the final nail-biting instalment in the critically acclaimed Hidden Iceland series 'No country associated with the label Nordic noir is as bleak, cold, snowy and empty as Iceland. And no crime writer portrays those elements as evocatively and scarily as Ragnar Jónasson' The Times Just before Christmas a winter blizzard sweeps across Iceland. In their remote farmhouse, Erla and Einar are hunkering down for the night - when there's a knock at the door. It's a stranger, desperate for shelter. They take him in - but they'll wish they hadn't. Because this man is not who he says he is. And, when the power cuts out, it's the beginning of a terrifying ordeal . . . Later, Detective Hulda Hermannsdottir - recovering from a family tragedy - is called to an isolated farmhouse. Bodies await her and a haunting mystery . . . The final instalment in Ragnar Jonasson's acclaimed Hidden Iceland series completes the story of Detective Hulda Hermannsdottir. Praise for Ragnar Jónasson '[The Darkness is] Superb. . . chilling . . . one of the great tragic heroines of contemporary detective fiction' Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month 'A modern take on an Agatha Christie-style mystery, as twisty as any slalom' Ian Rankin 'A classic crime story seen through a uniquely Icelandic lens. First rate and highly recommended' Lee Child 'Chilling - a must-read' Peter James 'Page-turning stuff with an unexpected ending!' James Swallow 'Was gripped from the start of this brilliantly told story. And left wide-eyed with shock at the ending' Fiona Barton 'A true masterpiece . . . a plot full of twists and turns and an ending that leaves you gasping for air' Yrsa Sigurðardóttir

The Mist Hidden Iceland Series, Book Three

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