A wealthy Icelandic family gathers for a reunion in a remote hotel on the isolated lava fields, but when someone goes missing, dark secrets are exposed and everyone is a suspect … the chilling, gripping prequel to the addictive, award-winning Forbidden Iceland series…   ‘A country house mystery worthy of Agatha Christie’ The Times Crime Book of the Month   ‘As storms rage, people fall prey to a sinister figure.A canny synthesis of modern Nordic Noir and Golden Age mystery’ Financial Times   'In a Forbidden Iceland novel, there's no terrain more treacherous than the mind … a deep-dark thriller to read with the lights on' A J Finn   'Riveting, exciting, entertaining and packed with intrigue … like Succession on ice' Liz Nugent  **WINNER of the STORYTEL AWARD for Crime Book of the Year***   ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––   The wealthy, powerful Snæberg clan has gathered for a family reunion at a futuristic hotel set amongst the dark lava flows of Iceland's remote Snæfellsnes peninsula.