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The Mysterious Case of the Missing Crime Writer

By: Ragnar Jónasson, Victoria Cribb - translator
Narrated by: Rufus Wright, Jane Slavin, Cicely Whitehead
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About this listen

Brought to you by Penguin.

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 it's leaked to the press.

As he interviews the people closest to her – a publisher, an accountant, a retired judge – he realises that Elín’s life wasn’t what it seemed. In fact, her past is even stranger than her stories.

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

'ONE OF THE FINEST CRIME WRITERS IN THE WORLD TODAY' DAILY MAIL

‘Jónasson is an automatic must-read for me . . . possibly the best Scandi writer working today’ LEE CHILD

‘A master of the Icelandic thriller’ NEW YORK POST

© Ragnar Jónasson 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025

 Crime Thrillers Mystery Private Investigators Suspense Thriller & Suspense World Literature Crime

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Critic reviews

Rooted in the golden age of crime fiction and full of charming literary allusions . Elegiac and satisfying
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Rather disjointed and tbh was quite engaged to begin with but then got bored midway through - needs some good editing - feels more like an interesting first or second draft.

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Story disjointed and inconclusive. The investigator lacks credibility as he seems to operate in a way that is completely disconnected from the institution he works for; no colleagues, no command structure, a void.

Disappointing

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