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The Mysterious Case of the Missing Crime Writer
- Author
- Ragnar Jónasson
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publish Date
- 21 August 2025
- Run Time
- 5 hours 53 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
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One winter evening bestselling crime author, Elín S. Jónsdóttir 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 Elín’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
‘Jónasson 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
© Ragnar Jónasson 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025
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Rooted in the golden age of crime fiction and full of charming literary allusions . Elegiac and satisfying
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Details
- Author
- Ragnar Jónasson
- Narrator
- Rufus Wright, Jane Slavin, Cicely Whitehead
- Duration
- 5 hours 53 minutes
- Release Date
- 21 August 2025
- ISBN
- 9781405976060
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Genre
- Thriller / suspense fiction, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Fiction in translation
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin. One winter evening bestselling crime author, Elín S. Jónsdóttir 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 Elín’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‘Jónasson 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© Ragnar Jónasson 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025
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