The Mysterious Case of the Missing Crime Writer
Published on 15. January 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-1-4059-6897-3 (ISBN)
Description
THE NEW GRIPPING MYSTERY FROM 'NEXT-GEN NORDIC STAR' (LA TIMES) AND SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR, RAGNAR JONASSON
'ONE OF THE FINEST CRIME WRITERS IN THE WORLD TODAY' DAILY MAIL
'Jonasson 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
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One winter evening, bestselling crime author Elin S. Jonsdottir 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 Elin'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, before someone else goes missing . . .
'ONE OF THE FINEST CRIME WRITERS IN THE WORLD TODAY' DAILY MAIL
'Jonasson 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
----
One winter evening, bestselling crime author Elin S. Jonsdottir 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 Elin'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, before someone else goes missing . . .
Reviews / Votes
Rooted in the golden age of crime fiction and full of charming literary allusions . Elegiac and satisfying * Sunday Times *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 196 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
236 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4059-6897-3 (9781405968973)
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Ragnar Jonasson
The Mysterious Case of the Missing Crime Writer
An unputdownable Scandi noir from Sunday Times bestseller Ragnar Jónasson
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08/2025
Penguin Books Ltd
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Ragnar Jonasson 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 series The Darkness, based on the first novel in his Hulda series, starring Lena Olin and directed by Lasse Hallstroem. His novel Outside is being developed for the screen by Ridley Scott.