FEATURED IN THE TIMES TOP 100 CRIME NOVELS SINCE 1945 If you love BBC's The Bridge, then you'll love The Darkness . . . ____________ A young woman is found dead on a remote Icelandic beach. She came looking for safety, but instead she found a watery grave. A hasty police investigation determines her death as suicide . . . When Detective Inspector Hulda Hermannsdottir of the Reykjavik police is forced into early retirement, she is told she can investigate one last cold case of her choice - and she knows which one. What she discovers is far darker than suicide . . . And no one is telling Hulda the whole story. When her own colleagues try to put the brakes on her investigation, Hulda has just days to discover the truth. A truth she will risk her own life to find. ____________ THE SUNDAY TIMES CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH 'A superb thriller' Sunday Times 'It adds several shades of darkness to Nordic noir . . . a deeply shocking climax' ANTHONY HOROWITZ 'Chilling - a must-read' Peter James 'A true masterpiece . . . a plot full of twists and turns and an ending that leaves you gasping for air' Yrsa Sigurdardottir 'Was gripped from the start of this brilliantly told story. And left wide-eyed with shock at the ending' Fiona Barton 'Page-turning stuff with an unexpected ending!' James Swallow 'As chilling as the nip in the Icelandic air' Choice Magazine

Book Information
ISBN 9780718187248
Author Ragnar Jonasson
Format Hardback
Page Count 336
Imprint Michael Joseph Ltd
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Weight(grams) 585g