
Tinna
The stranger from the mountains. Money and love can drive people to horrifying acts.
Top10 bestselling series in Germany, Iceland, Sweden and Finland! Sold to +20 language territories to date!
1995: A young German woman disappears in the Westfjords of Iceland, but no one seems to miss her. The case is quickly forgotten, as it’s not uncommon for foreigners who come to Iceland to go their own way. Besides, the police are busy investigating a fatal car accident, recovering two bodies from the sea.
2022: Detective Hildur Rúnarsdóttir’s life has been calm for a long time, and she has just returned from a surfing holiday in Hawaii. Everything seems to be in order: the renovation of her childhood home is progressing, and her colleague and friend Jakob Johanson has permanently moved to Iceland. Hildur has taken to regularly visiting her family friend, Helga, in a nursing home—and during their conversations, surprising new details about her mother, Rakel, start to emerge. Meanwhile, a cruise ship carrying a large group of tourists arrives in Ísafjörður, bringing problems that challenge Hildur’s sense of justice.
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The stranger from the mountains. Money and love can drive people to horrifying acts.

Christmas is the cruellest of the holidays, especially for Jakob Johanson, who finds himself embroiled in a complex case that hits close to home. At what point do even the best of intentions no longer justify the means? Jakob is the third volume in the Hildur series.

An unusual murder occurs in the remote fjords of Iceland. An influential local politician is found shot on the ski slopes. During the investigation into the murder, Detective Hildur Rúnarsdóttir and her Finnish partner Jakob Johanson, are faced with a difficult question. Is it wise to uncover every secret?