If you liked And Then There Were None, The ABC Murders, and Nordic noir you´ll love this . . . ´The ending really took my breath away and that´s hard for writers to do to me these days . . . I should have seen it coming´ Ian Rankin _____________ Four friends visited the island. But only three return . . . When Icelandic Detective Inspector Hulda Hermannsdottir is sent to the isolated island of Ellidaey to investigate a disappearance she finds haunting similarities to a previous case - a young woman murdered ten years ago in the desolate Westfjords. Has a patient killer struck again? But Hulda is soon caught in a web of deceit, convinced everyone is lying, even those closest to her. What secrets is the island hiding? And what price will she pay for uncovering the truth? ____________ ´One of the greatest tragic heroines of contemporary detective fiction´ Sunday Times ´Magnificently dark and twisted´ C. J. Tudor, bestselling author of The Chalk Man ´Ragnar Jonasson writes with a chilling, poetic beauty - a must-read addition to the growing canon of Iceland Noir´ Peter James, bestselling author of Love You Dead ´Dark, chilling and utterly gripping, The Island is Nordic noir at its best, and is destined to become a classic of the genre. I couldn´t put it down´ Shari Lapena, bestselling author of The Couple Next Door ´Out of all of Ragnar´s books this is the one I like the most . . . The book of his which reminds me most of Agatha Christie´ Kilian Praise for Ragnar Jonasson ´A distinctive blend of Nordic noir and golden age detective fiction . . . atmospheric and evocative prose´ Guardian on Nightblind ´Jonasson´s books have breathed new life into Nordic noir . . . all the skilful plotting of an old-fashioned whodunit although it feels bitingly contemporary in setting and tone´ Sunday Express ´His clues are traditional and beautifully finessed - and he keeps you turning the pages´ Independent on Snowblind