The Girl No One Missed (2017)

One icy morning in February a girl sitting on a bench by the sea side promenade is stabbed with a knife. The retired Edda is on her morning stroll when she discovers the body. She not only calls the police but also decides to look into the matter herself. The next day a married couple and their adult daughter set off for Iceland, the woman’s homeland. Father and daughter attend a conference, but the trip turns into a nightmare for the mother who confides in Edda and tells her a delicate family secret when they meet by chance at the National Museum.

The first book about Edda by Jonina Leosdottir, Shudder, was applauded by readers and critics alike. In this second book, Edda continues her sleuthing, dismissing all misgivings of her children and their spouses.

Reviews

An exciting and well-written whodunit that bodes well for further enjoyable reading matter in the future ... an extremely entertaining writer ... the treatment is warm and personal and the narrative mode is entertaining and colourful ... Leosdottir tackles the crime novel format and succeeds splendidly ... I have to say that I'm looking forward to reading more of Edda's cases.

FRETTABLADID DAILY

... a terrifically exciting and entertaining crime novel ... This is one of these books that you cannot put down, and the characters are so entertaining that you really hope to meet them again in another book.

VIKAN MAGAZINE