Death on the Island Historical Fiction At once a searing mystery

At once a searing mystery “full of simmering dramatic tension” (Boston Globe) and a profound meditation on the hidden worlds we all inhabit

resurrecting story and conversation

all of them eager to extract the biblical past from beneath the city’s streets and shrines

Named one of the Best Books of the Year by Shelf Awareness Memory

Sara O’Leary’s thoughtful text and Qin Leng’s expressive illustrations tell a story about children who are all different

Death on the Island Historical Fiction At once a searing mysteryAgatha Christie meets Nordic noir in this brilliant debut (Louise Penny, #1 New York Times bestselling author) about diplomats stranded on a windswept Icelandic island with a murderer in their midst. A remote Icelandic island. A diplomatic dinner party. A murderer in their midst. When Kavita Banerjee, the deputy ambassador of Canada, dies suddenly at a dinner party attended by the great and the good from Icelandic business and politics, suspicion