The Girl Who Died

The Girl Who Died by Icelandic author Ragnar Jónasson, known for his atmospheric Nordic Noir, follows the story of Una, a young woman grieving the death of her father and struggling with alcoholism, who takes a teaching job in the remote and isolated fishing village of Skálar in 1986.

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‘TEACHER WANTED AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD . . .’

But the eerie silence and strange behavior of the locals soon unsettle her. Haunted by visions of a ghostly little girl, Una uncovers dark secrets tied to the village’s past. As winter closes in, she realizes some mysteries are better left buried—and some dangers are inescapable . . .

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The Girl Who Died by Icelandic author Ragnar Jónasson, known for his atmospheric Nordic Noir, follows the story of Una, a young woman grieving the death of her father and struggling with alcoholism, who takes a teaching job in the remote and isolated fishing village of Skálar in 1986.

Una wants nothing more than to teach, but she has been unable to secure steady employment in Reykjavik. Her savings are depleted, her love life is non-existent, and she cannot face another winter staring at the four walls of her shabby apartment.

THE GIRL WHO DIED

Celebrating Christmas and ringing in 1986 in the remote fishing hamlet of Skalar seems like a small price to pay for a chance to earn some teaching credentials and get her life back on track. But Skalar isn’t just one of Iceland’s most isolated villages, it is home to less than a dozen people. Una’s only students are two girls aged seven and nine. Teaching them only occupies so many hours in a day and the few adults she interacts with are civil but distant.

She only seems to connect with Thor, a man she shares an attraction with but who is determined to keep her at arm’s length. As darkness descends throughout the bleak winter, Una finds herself more often than not in her rented attic space – the site of a local legendary haunting – drinking her loneliness away. She is plagued by nightmares of a little girl in a white dress singing a lullaby. And when a sudden tragedy echoes an event long buried in Skalar’s past, the villagers become even more guarded, leaving a suspicious Una seeking to uncover a shocking truth that’s been kept secret for generations.