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Outside

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Outside

Outside by Ragnar Jónasson
Published by Minotaur Books on June 28, 2022
Pages: 320
Format: ebook
Genres: Scandinavian and Nordic Mysteries & Thrillers
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Synopsis

Four friends. One night. Not everyone will come out alive . . .
When a deadly snowstorm strikes the Icelandic highlands, four friends seek shelter in a small, abandoned hunting lodge.
It is in the middle of nowhere and there's no way of communicating with the outside world.
They are isolated, but they are not alone . . .
As the night darkens, and fears intensify, an old tragedy gradually surfaces - one that forever changed the course of their friendship.
Those dark memories could hold the key to the mystery the friends now find themselves in.
And whether they will survive until morning . . .

I loved this book until the end and didn’t like it so much. That said it is well worth the read.

The Mist

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The Mist

The Mist by Ragnar Jónasson
Published by Minotaur Books on June 23, 2020
Series: Hidden Iceland #3
Pages: 320
Format: ebook
Genres: Scandinavian and Nordic Mysteries & Thrillers
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Synopsis

It's 1987. An isolated farmhouse 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.

The Cruel Stars of the Night

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The Cruel Stars of the Night

The Cruel Stars of the Night by Kjell Eriksson
Published by Minotaur Books on May 1, 2007
Pages: 320
Format: ebook
Genres: Mystery, Police Procedural, Scandinavian and Nordic Mysteries & Thrillers
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Synopsis

When The Princess of Burundi was published by Thomas Dunne Books, American critics hailed Kjell Eriksson as Sweden's Ed McBain, and they compared him to Henning Mankell. Now The Cruel Stars of the Night, the next in this internationally acclaimed crime series, unveils a spellbinding new tale again featuring police inspector Ann Lindell.
The Cruel Stars of the Night opens one snowy day when thirty-five-year-old Laura Hindersten goes to the police to report that her father, a local professor, is missing. Inspector Ann Lindell and her colleagues can find no motive for the man's disappearance. And when the corpses of two elderly men do turn up, neither of the dead men is the missing academic.
Unexpectedly, the police get help from one of the professor's colleagues, who believes there is an astonishing link between the murders and the disappearance of Professor Hindersten. But as the pressure on Lindell increases dramatically, she is shocked to discover that the killer has many more diabolical schemes in store.
Combining heart-pounding suspense with brilliant psychological insight, The Cruel Stars of the Night moves like a comet as it approaches the cliff-hanging climax. It is sure to win Kjell Eriksson a whole new galaxy of American fans.