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Outside
Ragnar Jónasson
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Description for Outside
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Four friends. One night. Not everyone will come out alive . . .
Pre-order the gripping new stand-alone mystery from 'world-class crime writer' Ragnar Jónasson
In a deadly Icelandic snowstorm, four friends seek shelter in an abandoned hunting lodge. Miles from help, and knowing they will die out in the cold, they break in, hoping to wait out the storm until morning.
But nothing can prepare them for what's inside . . .
With no other option, they are forced to spend a long and terrifying night in the cabin: ... Read morewatching as intently and silently as they themselves are being watched.
As the night darkens, old secrets spill into the light, and tensions rise between the four friends. Soon it's clear that what they've discovered in the cabin is far from the only mystery lurking there.
Nor the only thing to be afraid of . . .
Praise for Ragnar Jónasson
'Is this the best crime writer in the world today?' The Times
'An intensely gripping mystery, Ragnar Jonasson is a poet of the "dark, wet and cold", of the "gloom, cold and rain". The climactic revelations are credible and moving' The Times
'Invigorating Iceland-set slice of Nordic Noir' Daily Mail
'A mist-shrouded blend of horror and psychological thriller . . . works in every way' Booklist
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Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
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About Ragnar Jónasson
Ragnar Jónasson is an international number one bestselling author who has sold over three million books in thirty-four countries worldwide. He was born in Reykjavík, Iceland, where he also works as an investment banker and teaches copyright law at Reykjavík University. He has previously worked on radio and television, including as a TV news reporter for the Icelandic National ... Read moreBroadcasting Service, and, from the age of seventeen, has translated fourteen of Agatha Christie's novels. He is currently writing a novel with the Icelandic Prime Minister, Katrín Jakobsdóttir. His critically acclaimed international bestseller The Darkness is soon to be a major TV series, and Ridley Scott will be producing Outside as a feature film. Show Less
Reviews for Outside
Jonasson is a connoisseur of 'unrelenting darkness'; the atmosphere of paranoid claustrophobia [Jonasson] creates is so intense you can't help gripping the book as tightly as possible
The Times
Entertaining, suspenseful and twisty. Highly recommended for fans of Ragnar Jonasson and suspense thrillers in general
Mystery Tribune
Lord of the Flies for grown-ups
Times Radio ... Read more
Chillingly terrifying, brilliantly entertaining, captivating the reader from page one. Impossible to put down
Frettabladid
The author describes the difficult conditions of the four main characters in such a brilliant way that in an instant the reader finds himself in unfamiliar surroundings which neither the reader nor the characters can control
Morgunbladid
A superb page-turner, Outside breathes fresh and unsettling life into the classic locked room mystery
Kevin Wignall Raw with cold and rich in atmosphere, Outside is an Arctic Inspector Calls for a new generation
Matt Wesolowski His best yet . . . Having read all of Jonasson's previous offerings. Outside confirms that here is an author at the top of his game, with complete command of his audience
On Magazine
A stunningly original take on the looked-room mystery, where fear of a treacherous snowstorm outside an isolated hut is matched by mistrust among the terrified occupants. Tense. Very tense
Michael Ridpath Four friends find safety from a snowstorm in a remote Icelandic hut - or so they think. Jónasson's twisting, elegantly crafted story will keep you hooked till the very last page
William Ryan Ragnar Jónasson is so skilled in depicting the environment where the story takes place, it becomes one of the characters. It is so atmospheric, I am immediately transported to the Icelandic moors, feeling the cold all the way to the bones. I read with bated breath, my heart pounding with the looming knowledge that soon something bad is about to happen
Sara Blædel Yet another humdinger from Iceland's finest crime writer
Ryan Tubridy Jonasson offers an intense standalone, taking to new heights his unrivalled skill for using winter as an unpredictable plot-twister . . . There is so much to like here: the complexity of the quartet's relationships, Jonasson's powerful, streamlined writing, and the parallels between an unforgiving setting and the characters' seething grudges. Readers will be drawn into Jonasson's forbidding Iceland landscape, where it's anyone's guess who will make it out alive
Booklist
Entertaining, suspenseful and twisty. Overall, highly recommended for fans of Ragnar Jonasson and suspense thrillers in general
Mystery Tribune
Chilling thriller by the king of Icelandic noir . . . so gripping I can't put it down
Fiona Cummings Jonasson and translator Victoria Cribb do a fine job of setting the scene, developing the characters, and keeping readers in suspense with a tight, clean, noir prose style
Associated Press
A shivery delight
Kirkus Reviews
Jónasson's spare prose and brisk pacing make for an immersive read . . . Outside is an intriguing study of isolation, claustrophobia and the particular menace to be found in beautiful yet unforgiving terrain
Private Eye
Jonasson is a master at two aspects of Icelandic noir: one is the description of his country's withering weather; the other is the handling of murderous plots that are tangled beyond all expectations. He's in top form in both specialties this time out
Toronto Star
Jonasson is a master at exploring the impact of claustrophobia brought on by darkness and enclosed spaces. He an avid fan of Agatha Christie, and Outside is an adaptation, with an Icelandic twist, of the classic locked-door mystery
Canberra Times
It takes a truly talented writer to work with a thin outline like that and turn it into a classic, and that is exactly what Jónasson has done here. I believe he has penned the Icelandic version of Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs
Book Reporter
From the winner of THE BEST CRIME NOVEL IN THE LAST 50 YEARS
Le Point
Praise for Ragnar Jónasson
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Jónasson is an automatic must-read for me . . . possibly the best Scandi writer working today Triumphant . . . Chilling, creepy, perceptive, almost unbearably tense
Ian Rankin
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Dark, chilling and utterly gripping
Shari Lapena
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Such a tense, gripping read
Anthony Horowitz
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A world-class crime writer. One of the most astonishing plots of modern crime fiction.
The Sunday Times
A master of the Icelandic thriller.
New York Post
Is this the best crime writer in the world today? . . . He's truly a master of his genre
The Times Online
Invigorating Iceland-set slice of Nordic Noir
Daily Mail
Fiendishy clever
Financial Times
Triumphant conclusion to the trilogy. Only Ragnar Jónasson has rendered hindsight so heartbreaking
Sunday Times (on the Hidden Iceland trilogy)
It is nothing less than a landmark in modern crime fiction
The Times
The red hot crime writer from the frozen north . . . One of the most important voices on the international crime scene
The Times
Ragnar Jonasson has a gift for crafting clever whodunnits while conveying the intimidating beauty of his native Iceland
Vogue Scandinavia
Jónasson has the full measure of the Nordic noir genre, and pushes all the buttons
Financial Times
Expertly Plotted
Guardian
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