| ISBN |
9780241400135 (paperback) |
| Name |
Ragnar Jónasson, 1976- author. |
| Uniform title |
Þorpið. English |
| Title |
The girl who died / Ragnar Jónasson ; translated from the Icelandic by Victoria Cribb. |
| Published |
[London] : Michael Joseph, 2021. |
| ©2021 |
| Description |
ix, 373 pages : map ; 24 cm. |
| Notes |
"Welcome to Skálar. Population: ten and falling..." -- Cover. |
| Summary |
The 'world class crime writer' (Sunday Times) returns with his very first standalone novel - his darkest and most atmospheric mystery yet ... Una is devastated after the suicide of her father. So when she sees an advert seeking a teacher for two girls in Skalar on the storm-battered north coast of the island, she sees it as a chance to escape. But once she arrives, Una quickly realises nothing in city life has prepared her for this. The villagers are unfriendly. The weather is bleak. And, from the creaky attic bedroom in the old house she's living, she's convinced she hears the ghostly sound of singing. Una worries that she's losing her mind. And then, just before Christmas, there's a murder... |
| Language note |
Translated from the Icelandic. |
| Subjects |
Women teachers -- Fiction |
| Death -- Investigation -- Fiction |
| Iceland -- Fiction |
| Genre |
Detective and mystery fiction |
| Paranormal fiction |
| Other Names |
Cribb, Victoria translator. |
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