What happened to Laura?
Iceland, 1956. Fifteen-year-old Laura decides to spend the summer working for a couple on the small island of Videy, not far from the coast of Reykjavik. At the beginning of August, the girl disappears without a trace. Time passed, and this mystery became Iceland's most shameful unsolved case. What happened to the girl? Is there a chance of finding her alive, or has she just left the island?
Thirty years later, as Reykjavík celebrates its 200th anniversary, journalist Val Robertson investigates Laura's case. But as he gets closer to solving the mysterious disappearance, it becomes clear that Laura's disappearance is a mystery that someone is determined to keep unsolved...
Why should you read the book "Reykjavik? Nordic detective"?
According to The New York Times, it is one of the best crime novels of 2023.
More than four million copies have been sold worldwide.
Editors' Choice of The New York Times Book Review.
Amazon Editors' Choice for Best Detective, Thriller, and Suspense.
The book was translated with the financial support of the Icelandic Literary Center.
About the authors:
Ragnar Jonasson is an Icelandic writer and lawyer. He teaches copyright law at the University of Reykjavík and has worked on radio and television, including as a news reporter at the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service. He co-founded the Iceland Noir International Crime Literature Festival in Reykjavik.
Katrin Jakobsdóttir is an Icelandic politician, the Prime Minister of Iceland since 2017, and a member of the Althing from the North Reykjavík district since 2007.
