The Mysterious Case of the Missing Crime Writer: A Mystery [Hardcover]

An Instant National Bestseller

The next thrilling golden-age-style mystery from #1 Icelandic bestseller Ragnar J?nasson, author of Death at the Sanatorium and Reykjav?k.

One winter evening, bestselling crime author El?n S. J?nsd?ttir goes missing.

There are no clues to her disappearance and it is up to young detective Helgi to crack the case before its leaked to the press.

As Helgi interviews the people closest to hera publisher, an accountant, a retired judgehe realizes that El?ns life wasnt what it seemed. In fact, her past is even stranger than the fiction she wrote.

As the case of the missing crime writer becomes more mysterious by the hour, Helgi must uncover the secrets of the writer's very unexpected life.

RAGNAR J?NASSON is the award-winning Icelandic author of the international bestselling Hulda series, the Dark Iceland series, and standalone crime fiction, with five million copies sold across 36 territories. Ragnar was also an executive producer of the CBS Studios TV seriesThe Darkness, based on the first novel in his Hulda series, starring Lena Olin and directed by Lasse Hallstr?m. His novelOutsideis being developed for the screen by Ridley Scott.

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Cleverly plotted, slyly humorous, and bursting with love for the golden age of detective fiction, this outperforms even its outstanding predecessor.Publishers Weekly(Starred Review)

A lightning-fast read for fans willing to keep turning the pages till the crucial clues drop.Kirkus Reviews

Flashbacks are effectively used as a creative way to tell the backstory of the missing novelist. This Golden Agestyle mystery is a definite departure from J?nassons Dark Iceland series, which was set in an atmospheric small tlSg