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The Body in the Bath

By Ragnar Jónasson
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From Sunday Times bestselling author Ragnar Jonasson comes a thrilling tale of murder and mystery reminiscent of Agatha Christie. As snow blankets Reykjavik and Christmas approaches, young detective Helgi is looking forward to a quiet holiday – until those plans are torn away in a flash.... Read More
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From Sunday Times bestselling author Ragnar Jonasson comes a thrilling tale of murder and mystery reminiscent of Agatha Christie.

As snow blankets Reykjavik and Christmas approaches, young detective Helgi is looking forward to a quiet holiday – until those plans are torn away in a flash. One month after his girlfriend Anita is killed in a car accident, he returns to work, haunted by loss and rage. The driver – Helgi's ex-girlfriend Bergþra, a violent alcoholic whose abuse he kept secret – insists Anita's death was an accident and walks free. To escape his mounting despair, Helgi throws himself into the unsolved disappearance of his predecessor, Hulda, a retired officer long presumed dead. But as he follows the traces she left behind, the lines between her past and his present begin to blur...

When Bergþra is later found lifeless in her bath, suspicion falls squarely on Helgi. With his own colleagues turning against him, he must uncover the truth if he is to clear his name, make it home for Christmas, and finally turn the page to begin again.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241786390

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 12 November 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Michael Joseph Ltd

Contributors:

  • Translated by Philip Roughton

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 40.0mm

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 700g

Pages: 304

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About the Author

Ragnar J nasson is the award-winning Icelandic author of the international bestselling Hulda series, the Dark Iceland series, and standalone crime fiction, with five million copies sold across 36 territories. Ragnar was also an executive producer of the CBS Studios TV series The Darkness, based on the first novel in his Hulda series, starring Lena Olin and directed by Lasse Hallstr m. His novel Outside is being developed for the screen by Ridley Scott.

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