Death on the Island

By Eliza Reid

Book Overview

**INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER**

"A brilliant debut." -- Louise Penny, #1 New York Times bestselling author

"An intriguing mystery, an exotic setting, and a Christie vibe--what's not to love?" -- Shari Lapena, internationally bestselling author

Trapped on a remote island by a howling storm, nine people sit down to dinner.

One of them is about to die.

A group of international players has gathered in a tiny village off the coast of Iceland for a diplomatic dinner. There's Kristj n, the mayor reeling from a personal tragedy. Graeme, the ambassador with an agenda to push. Jane, his wife, along for the ride on another one of her husband's many business trips. And several others, from Iceland and from abroad, each with their own reason for being there, their own loyalties and grievances. By the end of the night, one of them will be dead. And it will be up to the ambassador's wife, Jane, to figure out how--and why.

What Jane soon comes to realize is that small communities can be the most dangerous of them all... and no one in their group is safe. With secrets around every corner and violent weather trapping the finite list of suspects together on the island, this locked-room mystery by internationally bestselling author Eliza Reid brings Agatha Christie and Nordic noir together in a brand-new twist.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1728292417
• ISBN13: 9781728292410
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Cool setting

I do like the setting of this story. A small town on an island in Iceland, with a mysterious previous death of the Mayor's husband, a group of political (including an ambassador) and big business powers heading there to discuss certain decisions, right before a big storm hits. It is a good setup for a murder mystery and I will say there were some interesting ways that people died (flaming Viking drinks!) and how the death could help or hinder certain parties. That certainly was all interesting and with the storm I thought there would be a big reveal and lots of danger. That did not prove to be the case and it was kind of disappointing that even with the deaths, there seemed to be no really rush to find out why. A few people did searching, while others hooked up and the rookie cop did his best but nothing was resolved until everyone left and then returned several months later. There was kinda of cool twist with the reason why people ended up dead, and then the final twist at the end helped a bit. But this is not a fast thriller that kept me on the edge of my seat. It was an okay murder mystery in a cool environment. I rate this three and a half as it was all right and not bad for a debut mystery novel.