Satu Rm moved to Iceland twenty years ago as an economics exchange student, but instead of macroeconomics she ended up studying Icelandic culture, literature and mythology before forging a successful career as a blogger, writer, coach and mentor. Satu has published numerous bestselling, prizewinning non-fiction titles in her native Finland. Hildur is her fiction debut. She lives with her Icelandic husband and two children in the small town of safjrur in northwest Iceland.
Hildur Rúnarsdóttir, a police detective who surfs the icy waters of Iceland, barrels into the genre like a tsunami. This book must be read in one sitting. * Max Seeck, NYT and Der Spiegel bestselling author * In addition to the fine and moody description of the milieu, the plotting of the novel is cleverly woven, and the characters in their everyday life are believable. Rämö plans to continue Hildur's story, and if she does it as well as in this, her debut novel, she may become a significant new name in Nordic crime fiction. * Helsingin Sanomat * Atmospheric and startlingly original ... Rämö brings an outsider's eye to a novel steeped in Icelandic history, and the effect is mesmerising * Sunday Times *