'An intensely gripping mystery, Ragnar Jonasson is a poet of the "dark, wet and cold", of the "gloom, cold and rain". The climactic revelations are credible and moving'
- The Times, Book of the Month
'A master of the Icelandic thriller'
- New York Post
'With the bleakest of landscapes and some supernatural undertones, this is one creepy thriller that'll have you leaving ALL the lights on'
- Vogue Scandinavia
'Spooky, sophisticated. Jonasson is strong on atmosphere'
- Sunday Times
'Invigorating ... Iceland-set slice of Nordic Noir'
- Daily Mail
'With his trademark elegant prose and atmospheric sense of place, Jonasson weaves a slow-burning, haunting tale with a chilling ending'
- Daily Record
'A chilling psychological thriller with an unexpected ending that will haunt the reader'
- The Canberra Times
'Haunting psychological novel tinged with the supernatural'
- Daily Record
'With his trademark elegant prose and atmospheric sense of place, Jonasson weaves a slow-burning, haunting tale with a chilling ending'
- Sunday Express
'Lean, compulsive. Great stories that combine traditional puzzle-solving of the golden age crime fiction with a moody expansive psychology'
- The Times