THE MIST
BOOK 3 IN THE HIDDEN ICELAND SERIES
MYSTERY OF THE YEAR - UK
Capital Crime and Amazon Publishing Readers’ Awards 2020
“A world-class crime writer ... one of the most astonishing plots in modern crime fiction.”
THE SUNDAY TIMES
(Joan Smith)
“The Mist confirms Ragnar Jonasson’s masterly trilogy is a landmark in modern crime fiction”
THE TIMES
(Mark Sanderson)
Crime Book of the Month, April 2020
“Jónasson’s is a unique voice in this genre … The beauty of this trilogy is that each book enraptures us almost to the point of forgetting the future we already know – but then we remember.”
THE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
(Michael Carlson)
“… the precision of Harold Pinter …”
THE WASHINGTON POST
“This can hardly be done any better. More crime writers like Ragnar Jónasson, please!”
***** / BERINGSKE TIDENDE
"Triumphant conclusion of Ragnar Jónasson’s Hulda trilogy. Chilling, creepy, perceptive, almost unbearably tense.”
Ian Rankin
“exceptional … Fans of dark crime fiction that doesn’t pull punches will be amply rewarded.”
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY - STARRED REVIEW
**** “… his best yet”
METRO newspaper (UK)
Financial Times - best mid-year reads 2020: “invigorating Iceland-set slice of Nordic noir”
Barry Forshaw, Financial Times
“Shades of Alfred Hitchcock … The author’s deceptive plotting in this story is certain to blow readers away.”
Dayton Daily News (US), Vick Mickunas
“… he earns a comparison to a radically different but equally masterly thriller writer: Stephen King at his chilling best.”
Shelf Awareness, Nell Beram
“Ragnar Jónasson is a brilliant storyteller, who skillfully tells the story on multiple time levels, with different main characters and surprising twists. It is frighteningly believable, and exciting to the end.”
DAGENS NYHETER (Sweden)
“intensely moving”
BOOKLIST (US)
"Very exciting. Ragnar is very successfully pushing the boundaries of the genre."
Katrin Jakobsdottir, Prime Minister of Iceland
The Sunday Times Top Five Fiction Summer Reads 2020
“Jónasson turns up the tension to a nearly unendurable degree as the novel unfolds … Masterfully plotted and paced, The Mist is atmospheric, haunting and not for the faint of heart.”
Private Eye (US)
“Jónasson plays with our assumptions and keeps us off balance throughout this expertly constructed novel, the third in his series featuring the formidable Detective Inspector Hermannsdóttir.”
AIR MAIL magazine
“Read Ragnar Jónasson's trilogy from beginning to end (although actually the other way around), let the brain work, the body shake and be amazed at how the author also lets the language follow the development of the story ... Hats off.” - Göteborgs Posten (Sweden)
Third Place - Novel of the Year Award 2017 in Iceland, selected by Icelandic booksellers.
"Ragnar's best book by far. To thriller fans I want to say: Read this book at Christmas. It is extremely exciting, the tension is such that the reader sometimes literally feels uneasy."
National Television of Iceland, Kolbrún Bergþórsdóttir
"An amazingly well structured book. Ragnar’s best book."
National Television of Iceland, Sigurdur Valgeirsson
"An exciting and well plotted story, without a doubt the author's best book."
Fréttabladid Newspaper, Iceland
“The Mist is an incredibly accomplished thriller, containing most things which any thriller fan would seek - above all the excitement which is so rare in thrillers nowadays."
DV Newspaper, Iceland