‘Jónasson is an automatic must-read for me … possibly the best Scandi writer working today’ ‘Is this the best crime writer in the world today? … Truly a master of his genre’ 'The engaging Ari Thor returns in this darkly claustrophobic tale. Perfect mid-winter reading' ‘A stunningly atmospheric story. Ari Thór Arason returns in this pitch-perfect, beautifully paced crime novel … Ragnar Jónasson is at the top of his game, and a master of the genre’ When the body of a nineteen-year-old girl is found on the main street of Siglufjörður, Police Inspector Ari Thór battles a violent Icelandic storm in an increasingly dangerous hunt for her killer … The chilling, claustrophobic finale to the international bestselling Dark Iceland series.  Easter weekend is approaching, and snow is gently falling in Siglufjörður, the northernmost town in Iceland, as crowds of tourists arrive to visit the majestic ski slopes. Ari Thór 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. 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…  As the extreme weather closes in, cutting the power and access to Siglufjörður, Ari Thór must piece together the puzzle to reveal a horrible truth … one that will leave no one unscathed. ‘A sinister twisted tragedy’ ‘If Iceland missed out on the Golden Age of crime writing, the country – and Jonasson – is certainly making up for it now’ ‘Outstanding … Series fans will be sorry to see the last of Ari Thór’ ‘Jonasson’s Dark Iceland novels are instant classics’ ‘Jónasson’s punchy, straightforward prose is engrossing … A diverting mystery’ 'Consummate crime writing … poignant and disturbing’ ‘Chilling, creepy, perceptive, almost unbearably tense' 'A tense, gripping read' 'Icelandic noir of the highest order, with Jónasson's atmospheric sense of place, and his heroine's unerring humanity shining from every page' ’Ragnar Jónasson writes with a chilling, poetic beauty’ ’Traditional and beautifully finessed’ ‘Jónasson’s true gift is for describing the daunting beauty of the fierce setting’ ‘A chiller of a thriller’ ‘Jónasson’s books have breathed new life into Nordic noir’