Description

‘Satu Ramoe’s Hildur series is a wildly successful publishing phenomenon that has put the genre of “Nordic blue” on Europe’s literary map’ The Guardian

‘Atmospheric and startlingly original’ Sunday Times

Hildur Runarsdottir is the only police detective working on the isolated west coast of Iceland. She is desperate to forget her traumatic past by burying herself in her cases alongside her new trainee, Jakob Johanson. But Jakob’s life has its own complications, and it soon becomes clear that neither can run from their pasts for long.

When a local man is found with his throat slit, underneath an avalanche that has buried much of the evidence, Hildur and Jakob must set their own problems aside and unravel the dark secrets to expose a killer . . .

Translated by Kristian London

Praise for Satu Ramoe:

‘Hildur Runarsdottir, a police detective who surfs the icy waters of Iceland, barrels into the genre like a tsunami. This book must be read in one sitting’ Max Seeck, NYT and Der Spiegel bestselling author

‘Ramoe plans to continue Hildur’s story, and if she does it as well as in this, her debut novel, she may become a significant new name in Nordic crime fiction’ Helsingin Sanomat

Publisher Review

Hildur Runarsdottir, a police detective who surfs the icy waters of Iceland, barrels into the genre like a tsunami. This book must be read in one sitting. * Max Seeck, NYT and Der Spiegel bestselling author * In addition to the fine and moody description of the milieu, the plotting of the novel is cleverly woven, and the characters in their everyday life are believable. Ramoe plans to continue Hildur's story, and if she does it as well as in this, her debut novel, she may become a significant new name in Nordic crime fiction. * Helsingin Sanomat * Atmospheric and startlingly original ... Ramoe brings an outsider's eye to a novel steeped in Icelandic history, and the effect is mesmerising * Sunday Times *