The Mysterious Case of the Missing Crime Writer: A Mystery

By Ragnar Jónasson

An Instant National Bestseller

The next thrilling golden-age-style mystery from #1 Icelandic bestseller Ragnar J nasson, author of Death at the Sanatorium and Reykjav k.

One winter evening, bestselling crime author El n S. J nsd ttir goes missing.

There are no clues to her disappearance and it is up to young detective Helgi to crack the case before its leaked to the press.

As Helgi interviews the people closest to her--a publisher, an accountant, a retired judge--he realizes that El n's life wasn't what it seemed. In fact, her past is even stranger than the fiction she wrote.

As the case of the missing crime writer becomes more mysterious by the hour, Helgi must uncover the secrets of the writer's very unexpected life.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250408261
• ISBN13: 9781250408266
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Minotaur Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Unputdownable

Another excellent read by a very inventive author of mysteries! Basically it is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma complete with some astounding twists. It grabbed me until I finished it and went looking for some earlier books by the author. It is translated from the Icelandic by Victoria Cribb. I requested and received a temporary uncorrected digital galley from St. Martin's Press | Minotaur Books via NetGalley. Pub Date Sep 09, 2025 ***** review @bookbub @goodreads #storygraph #TheMysteriousCaseoftheMissingCrimeWriter by Ragnar Jónasson @ragnarjo @minotaur_books @vickycribbtranslator @stmartinspress #internationalcrimeandmystery #mysterythriller #suspense #nordicnoir #mixedtimeline #relationships #missingpersons #icelandicthriller #addictedtoreading #detective #bookaboutbooks #unputdownable #sneakyhumor @librarythingofficial