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‘ONE OF THE FINEST CRIME WRITERS IN THE WORLD TODAY’ DAILY MAIL

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‘A knowing, unnerving mystery’ The Times

‘Superbly told and packed with subtle nods to crime writers of the past, this is exquisite, delicate story-telling’ Daily Mail

This is Jonasson on top form – Barry Forshaw, Financial Times

As seen on Simon Mayo’s BOOKS OF THE YEAR podcast

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AN OLD SANATORIUM. ONE TERRIFYING MURDER. FIVE SUSPECTS. AND A CASE THAT NEVER CLOSED.
WELCOME TO THE SANATORIUM

High up in the mountains stands a sanatorium. Once a hospital dedicated to treating tuberculosis, it now sits haunted by the ghosts of its past.

One wing of the hospital remains open and houses six employees: the caretaker, two doctors, two nurses and a young research assistant.

Despite the wards closing decades ago, they remain at the hospital to conduct research. But the cold corridors, draughty windows and echoey halls are constant reminders of the building’s dark history.

When one of the nurses, Yrsa, is found brutally murdered, they discover that death has never left this place – and neither did its secrets. None can escape this terrifying legacy.

Despite just five suspects the case is never solved and remains open for two decades. Until a young criminologist named Helgi Reykdal attempts to finally lay the ghosts of the hospital’s past to rest . . .
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Praise for Ragnar Jonasson

‘Is this the best crime writer in the world today?’ The Times

‘An automatic must-read for me’ Lee Child
‘A compelling voice in crime fiction’ Clare Mackintosh
‘Ragnar Jonasson . . . a great writer’ Harlan Coben

Publisher Review

Praise for Ragnar Jonasson * – * The story never stops moving . . . reminiscent of Alfred Hitchcock * Morgunbladid * Jonasson is an automatic must-read for me . . . possibly the best Scandi writer working today Ragnar Jonasson . . . a great writer * Harlan Coben * A meticulously plotted whodunit worthy of Agatha Christie * Publishers Weekly * Skilfully told on different time levels, and with an ending that promises more * Goeteborgsposten, Sweden * Is this the best crime writer in the world today? * The Times * A master of the Icelandic thriller * New York Post * Death At The Sanatorium deftly straddles multiple timelines in pursuit of the killer of a nurse at a remote Icelandic sanatorium. Ragnar Jonasson brings alive his native Iceland, reaching into the past to construct a meticulously plotted puzzle. A devilish combination of locked room mystery and cold case investigation * Vaseem Khan *