A classic crime novel, its noir at its finest * The Sunday Times * Nordic noir at its most authoritative. * Financial Times * A crime novel with a difference * Guardian * Seamlessly plotted, with terrific characters and plenty of surprising, earned twists. Jonasson and Jakobsdottir, demonstrate with understated brilliance how the truth rises to the surface, no matter how ugly it is or how powerful the players are. * The New York Times * A classic. As tense as anything Jonasson has previously written * Sunday Times * A beautifully constructed mystery by two super smart partners in crime -- ANTHONY HOROWITZ A slow-burning, spellbinding whodunit. Agatha Christie, to whom it's dedicated, would be proud * Kirkus * I read all 349 pages in one go and enjoyed every second . . . A gripping story . . . extremely well written . . . superbly plotted . . . The twist at the halfway point of the book hits the reader like a wave of the ice cold Atlantic Ocean. One reader at my home was almost in shock. It is an art to create such a deep connection with fictional characters. Even though the story is first and foremost entertaining, it also serves as the mirror of a nation and has many layers * Fréttablašiš Newspaper * Loved it! * Ann Cleeves * Brilliant. Very exciting, great fun, good characterization, and the atmosphere of the 80s is described in an enjoyable way. One of the best crime novels I've read in a long time -- Gisli Marteinn Baldursson
