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Title:

Outside

Author:

Ragnar Jónasson, 1976- author.

Cribb, Victoria, translator.

Summary:

Four friends. One night. Not everyone will come out alive. When a deadly snowstorm strikes the Icelandic highlands, four friends seek shelter in a small, abandoned hunting lodge. It is in the middle of nowhere and there's no way of communicating with the outside world. They are isolated, but they are not alone. As the night darkens, and fears intensify, an old tragedy gradually surfaces -- one that forever changed the course of their friendship. Those dark memories could hold the key to the mystery the friends now find themselves in. And whether they will survive until morning. -- Amazon.

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Physical Description:

342 pages ; 25 cm.

Genre:

Thrillers (Fiction)

Subject Term:

Winter storms -- Fiction.

Friendship -- Fiction.

Secrecy -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

Iceland -- Fiction.

Author(s):

Cribb, Victoria,

Publisher:

Minotaur Books,

Publication Date:

2022

ISBN:

9781250833457

Publication Information:

New York : Minotaur Books, 2022.

Call Number:

RAGNAR

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Summary

With three million copies of his books sold worldwide, "world-class crime writer"( The Sunday Times , UK) Ragnar Jónasson brings us a chilling new standalone thriller with Outside .

Four friends. One night. Not everyone will come out alive . . .

When a deadly snowstorm strikes the Icelandic highlands, four friends seek shelter in a small, abandoned hunting lodge.

It is in the middle of nowhere and there's no way of communicating with the outside world.

They are isolated, but they are not alone . . .

As the night darkens, and fears intensify, an old tragedy gradually surfaces - one that forever changed the course of their friendship.

Those dark memories could hold the key to the mystery the friends now find themselves in.

And whether they will survive until morning . . .

Author Notes

RAGNAR JÃ"NASSON is an international number one bestselling author who has sold over three million books in thirty-six countries worldwide. His books include the Dark Iceland series and the Hulda series. JÃ³nasson was born in Reykjavik, Iceland, where he also works as an investment banker and teaches copyright law at Reykjavik University. He has previously worked on radio and television, including as a TV news reporter for the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service, and, since the age of seventeen, has translated fourteen of Agatha Christie's novels. JÃ³nasson is the co-founder of the Reykjavik international crime writing festival Iceland Noir. His critically acclaimed international bestseller The Darkness is soon to be a major TV series, and Outside is soon to be a feature film. JÃ³nasson lives in Reykjavik with his wife and two daughters.

Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

In this disappointing standalone from Jónasson (The Girl Who Died), Daníel, a struggling actor living in London, travels to Reykjavík to join three friends for a reunion: Helena, an engineer; Ármann, an entrepreneurial tour guide; and Gunnlaugur, a lawyer. Ármann has organized a hunting weekend, but things go massively wrong on the moors. A blizzard forces the group, with minimal gear, to shelter in a disused hunting hut, where they encounter something genuinely shocking (Daníel "had never been so afraid in his life"). The payoff for this early fright is a long time coming as the novel focuses on the foursome's backstories, which illuminate the motive for the expedition. It's a dandy premise, and Jónasson does a good job of connecting the dots, but the plot is built on a rickety foundation. Would an experienced and successful guide like Ármann be so ill prepared? He creates a decent amount of suspense and horror and is great at conveying the menace of an Icelandic winter, but some readers will find what happens too hard to swallow. Hopefully, Jónasson will return to form next time. Agent: David Headley, DHH Literary (U.K.).