Teacher wanted at the edge of the world…
Substitute teacher, Una, responds to an ad proclaiming a teaching position in a remote Icelandic village with only ten inhabitants. When she arrives in the tiny insular town of Skalar she soon wonders if she made a mistake. The villagers are standoffish. Even her employer, a woman named Salka, is guarded. Worse, her accommodations are haunted. At least if Una’s recurring nightmares of a little girl singing a plaintive lullaby are anything to go by. And thus starts a psychological thriller that twists and turns through local legend and old murder that draws Una in and slowly ratchets up the tension until the plot strands weave together in a memorable climax.
The Girl Who Died might be Ragnar Jonasson’s best work yet. A chilling and atmospheric page-turner that perfectly captures the solitude and isolation of a small Icelandic village-which he deftly makes a character in its own right. Interspersed with passages relating to a double murder, and the woman accused of the crime, A gripping, haunting book that is sure to keep you up at night!
