Good morning everyone and happy Thursday. I was lucky enough to receive a copy of The Body In The Bath by Ragnar Jonasson earlier this week.
I’ve been a huge fan of this author since his first few books so you can imagine my excitement when I opened the package. His books are always really gripping and dark thrillers so I’m really excited to read this soon.
The Body In The Bath is out 12th November 2026 and you can find out more about the book below ⬇️
Huge thanks to Jack from Michael Joseph for sending this to me it’s really appreciated.
Is this one on your radar?
Book Synopsis:
As snow blankets Reykjavík and Christmas approaches, young detective Helgi is looking forward to a quiet holiday – until those plans are torn away in a flash. One month after his girlfriend Aníta is killed in a car accident, he returns to work in Reykjavík, haunted by loss and rage. The driver – Helgi’s ex-girlfriend Bergþóra, a violent alcoholic whose abuse he kept secret – insists Aníta’s death was an accident and walks free.
To escape his mounting despair, Helgi throws himself into the unsolved disappearance of his predecessor, Hulda, a retired officer long presumed dead. But as he follows the traces she left behind, the lines between her past and his present begin to blur . . .
When Bergþóra is later found lifeless in her bath, suspicion falls squarely on Helgi. With his own colleagues turning against him, can he uncover the truth in time to clear his name, make it home for Christmas, and finally turn the page to begin again?
About The Author:
Ragnar Jónasson is the award-winning Icelandic author of the international bestselling Hulda series, the Dark Iceland series, and standalone crime fiction, with five million copies sold across 36 territories. Ragnar was also an executive producer of the CBS Studios TV series The Darkness, based on the first novel in his Hulda series, starring Lena Olin and directed by Lasse Hallström. His novel Outside is being developed for the screen by Ridley Scott.
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