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The Mist

by Ragnar Jónasson

Series: Hidden Iceland (3)

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"The final nail-biting installment in Ragnar Jonasson's critically-acclaimed Hidden Iceland series, The Mist, from the newest superstar on the Icelandic crime fiction scene. 1987. An isolated farm house in the east of Iceland. The snowstorm should have shut everybody out. But it didn't. The couple should never have let him in. But they did. An unexpected guest, a liar, a killer. Not all will survive the night. And Detective Hulda will be haunted forever"--… (more)
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The Mist is Ragnar Jonasson’s ending novel to his Hulda Trilogy. The trilogy focuses on a woman named Hulda who works as an investigator in Iceland. This series is interesting because it’s reverse chronological order. The first book starts with her death and the third book ends with how her family was torn apart.

I enjoyed the ending of this series. It was interesting and Hulda was a likeable character. The murder mystery in this storyline was interesting and unique. The new characters were well rounded and the story flowed smoothly. Jonasson has an easy and fluid writing style that makes it an enjoyable read. I am sad that he only went for 3 books with this series.

I honestly didn’t like the first book of this series. It was long and wordy and the storyline wasn’t interesting to me. I thought the second book was much different and it ended up being my favorite of the trilogy. If you can get past the first book the next two are definitely worth the read.

★★★★ I would recommend. ( )
  OMBWarrior47 | Jan 31, 2024 |
Fine. Like the atmosphere, the story is not my favorite trope. ( )
  Kiramke | Jun 27, 2023 |
Do not read this book in January in a cold climate. There are three deaths in an isolated area of Iceland during a blizzard and the police are trying to establish the connection between the people.
Another mystery is developing in the detective's personal life, but she is distracted by work. ( )
  terran | Nov 25, 2022 |
Another deeply creepy and extremely readable Icelandic mystery. Now I suppose it's time to look for this author's other series. ( )
  JBD1 | Nov 21, 2021 |
This trilogy centers on a female Detective Hulda Hermannsdóttir, who is working as hard as possible to succeed in a male-dominated industry. The third book published, this is actually the oldest, set in the winter of 1987-1988. Iceland is among the most remote places, and much of this book is set in Eastern Iceland, which is remote, even by Icelandic standards. Einar and Erla are scraping by, living on a farm that is probably unsaleable. A stranger ends up on their doorstep in a bad snowstorm on Christmas Eve, asking for refuge, claiming he was separated from his hunting party. Erla does not believe him, and works to convince Einar that she is right. Meanwhile, Hulda is in Reykjavik dealing with her own Christmas crisis, her teenage daughter (Dimma) refuses to leave her room for meals, worrying Hulda that there is something seriously wrong in the city too. Very, very dark.

P.S. The book's title made no sense, unlike the original version published in Iceland, Dimma. ( )
  skipstern | Jul 11, 2021 |
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‘The days passed slowly
but the years flew by
and still I kept talking to you in my emptiness.’

– Ólafur Jóhann Ólafsson, The Almanac (2015)
(Trans. Ólafur Jóhann Ólafsson)
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"The final nail-biting installment in Ragnar Jonasson's critically-acclaimed Hidden Iceland series, The Mist, from the newest superstar on the Icelandic crime fiction scene. 1987. An isolated farm house in the east of Iceland. The snowstorm should have shut everybody out. But it didn't. The couple should never have let him in. But they did. An unexpected guest, a liar, a killer. Not all will survive the night. And Detective Hulda will be haunted forever"--

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1987. An isolated farm house in the east of Iceland.

The snowstorm should have shut everybody out. But it didn't.

The couple should never have let him in. But they did.

An unexpected guest, a liar, a killer. Not all will survive the night. And Detective Hulda will be haunted forever.
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