The Mysterious Case of the Missing Crime Writer: A Mystery

The next thrilling golden-age-style mystery from #1 Icelandic bestseller Ragnar Jónasson, author of Death at the Sanatorium and Reykjavík.

One winter evening, bestselling crime author Elín S. Jónsdóttir goes missing.

There are no clues to her disappearance and it is up to young detective Helgi to crack the case before its leaked to the press.

As Helgi interviews the people closest to her--a publisher, an accountant, a retired judge--he realizes that Elín's life wasn't what it seemed. In fact, her past is even stranger than the fiction she wrote.

As the case of the missing crime writer becomes more mysterious by the hour, Helgi must uncover the secrets of the writer's very unexpected life.

Author: Ragnar Jónasson
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Published: 09/09/2025
Pages: 320
Weight: 1.11lbs
Size: 9.51h x 6.34w x 1.07d
ISBN: 9781250408266


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 08/01/2025 pg. 5
Publishers Weekly 06/02/2025
Booklist 08/01/2025
Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2025

About the Author
RAGNAR JÓNASSON 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 Hallström. His novel Outside is being developed for the screen by Ridley Scott.