{"product_id":"death-at-the-sanatorium-a-mystery-hardcover","title":"Death at the Sanatorium: A Mystery - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRagnar J?nasson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFresh off of \u003ci\u003eReykjavik\u003c\/i\u003e, his career-changing standalone co-written with the Icelandic prime minister, #1 Icelandic bestseller Jonasson presents a riveting new thriller.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e1983 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt a former sanatorium in the north of Iceland, now a hospital ward, an old nurse, Yrsa, is found murdered. Detective Hulda Hermannsdottir and her boss, Sverrir, are sent to investigate her death. There, they discover five suspects: the chief physician, two junior nurses, a young doctor, and the caretaker, who is arrested following false testimony from one of the nurses, but subsequently released. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLess than a week after the murder, the chief physician, is also found dead, having apparently fallen from a balcony. Sverrir, rules his death as suicide and assumes that he was guilty of the murder as well. The case is closed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e2012 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlmost thirty years later, Helgi Reykdal, a young police officer, has been studying criminology in the UK, but decides to return to Iceland when he is offered a job at the Reykjavik police department--the job which detective Hulda Hermannsdottir is about to retire from. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe is also a collector of golden age detective stories, and is writing his thesis on the 1983 murders in the north. As Helgi delves deeper into the past, and starts his new job, he decides to try to meet with the original suspects. But soon he finds silence and suspicion at every turn, as he tries to finally solve the mystery from years before.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRAGNAR JÓNASSON is an international number one award-winning and bestselling author who has sold over four million books in thirty-six territories worldwide. He is the only Icelandic author to have entered the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller list. Jónasson was born in Reykjavik, where he also teaches copyright law at Reyk-javík University. He has previously worked on radio and television, including as a TV news reporter, and, since the age of seventeen, has translated fourteen of Agatha Christie's novels into Icelandic. He is the co-founder of the Reykjavík internation-al crime writing festival Iceland Noir. His critically ac-claimed international bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Darkness \u003c\/i\u003eis soon to be a major CBS Studios TV series, starring Lena Olin as Hulda, directed by Lasse Hallstrom. Ragnar's novel, \u003ci\u003eOutside\u003c\/i\u003e, is in development as a feature film by Ridley Scott's production company.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.7 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 10, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51752987787552,"sku":"9781250770769","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/7fa5b5d8594d1f4306898005aea94dae.webp?v=1780009436","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/death-at-the-sanatorium-a-mystery-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}