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"A world-class crime writer...One of the most astonishing plots of modern crime fiction" -- Sunday Times, UK"It is nothing less than a landmark in modern crime fiction." -- The Times, UK From Ragnar Jnasson, the award-winning author of the international bestselling Ari Thr series, The Girl Who Died is a standalone thriller about a young woman seeking a new start in a secluded village where a small community is desperate to protect its secrets.Teacher Wanted At the Edge of the WorldUna wants nothing more than to teach, but she has been unable to secure steady employment in Reykjavk. Her savings are depleted, her love life is nonexistent, and she cannot face another winter staring at the four walls of her shabby apartment. Celebrating Christmas and ringing in 1986 in the remote fishing hamlet of Sklar seems like a small price to pay for a chance to earn some teaching credentials and get her life back on track.