Reykjavk: A Crime Story [Paperback]

With over four million copies sold worldwide, Ragnar J?nasson, along with Katr?n Jakobsd?ttir, brings us a gripping and chilling new thriller,Reykjav?k.

What happened to L?ra?

Iceland, 1956. Fourteen-year-old L?ra decides to spend the summer working for a couple on the small island of Videy, just off the coast of Reykjav?k. In early August, the girl disappears without a trace. Time passes, and the mystery becomes Icelands most infamous unsolved case. What happened to the young girl? Is she still alive? Did she leave the island, or did something happen to her there?

Thirty years later, as the city of Reykjav?k celebrates its 200th anniversary, journalist Valur Robertsson begins his own investigation into L?ra's case. But as he draws closer to discovering the secret, and with the eyes of Reykjav?k upon him, it soon becomes clear that L?ra's disappearance is a mystery that someone will stop at nothing to keep unsolved . . .

RAGNAR J?NASSON is an international number one bestselling author who has sold over three million books in thirty-six countries worldwide. His books include the Dark Iceland series and the Hulda series. J?nasson was born in Reykjavik, Iceland, where he also works as an investment banker and teaches copyright law at Reykjavik University. He has previously worked on radio and television, including as a TV news reporter for the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service, and, since the age of seventeen, has translated fourteen of Agatha Christie's novels. J?nasson is the co-founder of the Reykjavik international crime writing festival Iceland Noir. His critically acclaimed international bestsellerThe Darknessis soon to be a major TV series, andOutsideis soon to be a feature film. J?nasson lives in Reykjavik with his wife and two daughters.

KATR?N JAKOBSD?TTIR is the prime minister of Iceland.Reykjav?kis her first novel. Katr?n holds a masterl™