The Mysterious Case of the Missing Crime Writer

Name: The Mysterious Case of the Missing Crime Writer
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ISBN: 9781405968973

Ragnar Jónasson, Victoria Cribb

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Icelandic

Michael Joseph
14 April 2026

Fiction & Literature; Crime & Mystery; Thriller & suspense; Fiction in translation

Murder, mystery and a disappearing crime writer all come together in the new Golden Age crime novel from Sunday Times bestseller Ragnar J nasson

One winter evening, bestselling crime author Elin S. J nsd ttir 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 Elin'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, before someone else goes missing . . .

By: Ragnar Jónasson
Translated by: Victoria Cribb
Imprint: Michael Joseph
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 244g
ISBN: 9781405968973
ISBN 10: 1405968974
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 14 April 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Ragnar J nasson is the award-winning Icelandic author of the international bestselling Hulda series, the Dark Iceland series, and standalone crime fiction, with five million copies sold across 36 territories. Ragnar was also an executive producer of the CBS Studios TV series The Darkness, based on the first novel in his Hulda series, starring Lena Olin and directed by Lasse Hallstr m. His novel Outside is being developed for the screen by Ridley Scott.