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Death at the Sanatorium: A Mystery BY Ragnar Jonasson
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In this gripping new thriller from #1 Icelandic bestseller Ragnar Jnasson, a chilling unsolved mystery comes to light decades after a series of murders in Iceland.
1983
At a remote hospital ward in northern Iceland, the murder of an elderly nurse named Yrsa shocks the community. Detective Hulda Hermannsdottir and her superior, Sverrir, are assigned to the case. As they investigate, they identify five suspects: the chief physician, two junior nurses, a young doctor, and the caretaker. Although the caretaker is arrested based on false testimony, he is soon released, and the investigation hits a dead end.
Less than a week later, the chief physician is found dead, having seemingly fallen from a balcony. Sverrir rules his death a suicide, assuming he was responsible for both murders. With this conclusion, the case is abruptly closed, leaving many questions unanswered.
2012
Nearly thirty years later, Helgi Reykdal, a young police officer recently returned from studying criminology in the UK, takes a position at the Reykjavik police department—the same job Hulda is about to retire from. Helgi, a devoted collector of golden age detective stories, is writing his thesis on the 1983 murders. Driven by his fascination with the case, he decides to revisit the original suspects.
As Helgi delves into the cold case, he encounters silence and suspicion from those who were once involved. Determined to uncover the truth, he must navigate a web of secrets and resistance to bring closure to a mystery that has long haunted the shadows of Iceland’s past.
The Reykjavik Murders is a masterful thriller that intertwines past and present, unraveling the enigma of a haunting crime through the eyes of a new generation.
1983
At a remote hospital ward in northern Iceland, the murder of an elderly nurse named Yrsa shocks the community. Detective Hulda Hermannsdottir and her superior, Sverrir, are assigned to the case. As they investigate, they identify five suspects: the chief physician, two junior nurses, a young doctor, and the caretaker. Although the caretaker is arrested based on false testimony, he is soon released, and the investigation hits a dead end.
Less than a week later, the chief physician is found dead, having seemingly fallen from a balcony. Sverrir rules his death a suicide, assuming he was responsible for both murders. With this conclusion, the case is abruptly closed, leaving many questions unanswered.
2012
Nearly thirty years later, Helgi Reykdal, a young police officer recently returned from studying criminology in the UK, takes a position at the Reykjavik police department—the same job Hulda is about to retire from. Helgi, a devoted collector of golden age detective stories, is writing his thesis on the 1983 murders. Driven by his fascination with the case, he decides to revisit the original suspects.
As Helgi delves into the cold case, he encounters silence and suspicion from those who were once involved. Determined to uncover the truth, he must navigate a web of secrets and resistance to bring closure to a mystery that has long haunted the shadows of Iceland’s past.
The Reykjavik Murders is a masterful thriller that intertwines past and present, unraveling the enigma of a haunting crime through the eyes of a new generation.
Listed on 17 October, 2024