The Split

Settling in an abandoned farmhouse, cut off from the world by the harsh nature, was quite a risky venture: on one side — the icy northern sea, on the other — mountains that can only be crossed through a snow-covered pass, and unrelenting darkness... In an old photograph that came into the hands of Ari Thor, a police officer from a small Icelandic town, all participants in a tragedy that unfolded here many years ago are captured, among them a young woman poisoned with rat poison... Ari Thor takes it upon himself to shed light on this long-standing story, but will it become the beginning of a new life drama?.. The secrets of the past intertwine with the mysteries of the present, while the investigation led by Ari Thor is intertwined with a child abduction case and an investigation into strange murders in Reykjavik. «The Split» — the third novel in the Ari Thor series, has become a global bestseller, like other works of Ragnar Jonasson, «the king of Scandinavian noir», who has received prestigious literary awards and is recognized as one of the best contemporary writers working in the detective genre.