The Girl Who Died : A Thriller (Hardcover)

from hubblegal

Ragnar Jonasson never disappoints. Excellent, atmospheric suspense novel/ghost story with a resolution to the mystery that I didn't see coming and seriously gave me chills. The ghost aspect wasn't a main part of the story but lent quite a bit of eeriness to an already eerie setting. The mystery w...

from jfe16

Review of eBook Disappointed by her inability to secure a steady teaching position in Reykjavik, Una decides to apply for the teaching position advertised in the newspaper as “Teacher Wanted at the Edge of the World.” Unsurprisingly, there is not a flood of applicants for the job and, after a te...

from khenkins

Ragnar Jonasson's The Girl Who Died has a startling title, perhaps a little too direct for me. However, I found the storyline to be compelling, beginning with the main character, Una, who chooses to leave Reykjavik to take a teaching position in a small village far away on the northern tip of the...

from cathyskye

No one does claustrophobic like Ragnar Jónasson. A tiny remote fishing village during an Icelandic winter is the perfect setting for The Girl Who Died. I really enjoyed the mystery Jónasson created, and I'm still angry with myself for not figuring out a very major clue, although math has never be...

from Birta

The setting is an isolated village at the edge of the world. Una replies to an ad looking for a teacher. She accepts a position at a little fishing village in the far north-east corner of Iceland. The little village of Skálar boasts a population of ten inhabitants and Una's school class consists ...