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Death at the Sanatorium

Ragnar Jónasson

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Icelandic
MICHAEL JOSEPH
15 April 2025
An old sanatorium. A terrifying murder. Six suspects and a case that never closed . . . Discover the new locked-room mystery by the Sunday Times bestselling author

Once a hospital dedicated to treating tuberculosis, The Akureyri Sanatorium now sits haunted by the ghosts of its past. But a single wing remains open, housing six employees.

When one of the hospital's nurses, Yrsa, is found brutally murdered, it sets in motion a series of terrifying events.

Despite just six suspects, the case remains unsolved two decades later. Until young criminologist, Helgi Reykdal, attempts to put the mysteries of the hospital's past to rest . . .
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Imprint:   MICHAEL JOSEPH
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 197mm,  Width: 129mm,  Spine: 18mm
Weight:   234g
ISBN:   9781405949088
ISBN 10:   1405949082
Pages:   336
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Ragnar Jonasson is an international number one bestselling author who has sold over one and a half million books worldwide. He was born in Reykjavik, Iceland, where he also works as an investment banker and teaches copyright law at Reykjavik University. He has previously worked on radio and television, including as a TV news reporter for the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service, and, from the age of seventeen, has translated fourteen of Agatha Christie's novels. His critically acclaimed international bestseller The Darkness is soon to be a major TV series.

Reviews for Death at the Sanatorium

Death At The Sanatorium deftly straddles multiple timelines in pursuit of the killer of a nurse at a remote Icelandic sanatorium. Ragnar Jònasson brings alive his native Iceland, reaching into the past to construct a meticulously plotted puzzle. A devilish combination of locked room mystery and cold case investigation * Vaseem Khan * Ragnar Jonasson is no ordinary writer [. . .] Death at the Sanatorium is a knowing, unnerving mystery * The Times * The best new books out in August * i * Praise for Ragnar Jónasson * - * The story never stops moving . . . reminiscent of Alfred Hitchcock * Morgunbladid * Jónasson is an automatic must-read for me . . . possibly the best Scandi writer working today Ragnar Jónasson . . . a great writer * Harlan Coben * A meticulously plotted whodunit worthy of Agatha Christie * Publishers Weekly * Skilfully told on different time levels, and with an ending that promises more * Göteborgsposten, Sweden * Is this the best crime writer in the world today? * The Times * A master of the Icelandic thriller * New York Post *


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