Brought to you by Penguin. One winter evening bestselling crime author, Elin S. Jonsdottir goes 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 Elin's life wasn't 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 . . .'ONE OF THE FINEST CRIME WRITERS IN THE WORLD TODAY' DAILY MAIL'Jonasson is an automatic must-read for me . . . possibly the best Scandi writer working today' LEE CHILD'A master of the Icelandic thriller' NEW YORK POST(c) Ragnar Jonasson 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025

Brought to you by Penguin. One winter evening bestselling crime author, Elin S. Jonsdottir goes 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 Elin's life wasn't 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 . . .'ONE OF THE FINEST CRIME WRITERS IN THE WORLD TODAY' DAILY MAIL'Jonasson is an automatic must-read for me . . . possibly the best Scandi writer working today' LEE CHILD'A master of the Icelandic thriller' NEW YORK POST(c) Ragnar Jonasson 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025