The Body in the Bath by Ragnar Jónasson

 The Body in the Bath by Ragnar Jónasson

An interesting Scandi police procedural once again sees us back with detective Helgi who this time is tasked with solving the disappearance of his predecessor, a retired officer long presumed dead. I would recommend reading Jonasson's previous books in this series before going into this one. Without giving away any spoilers I enjoyed this book, it was well paced and plotted well. It was a bit slow to start but that's a personal preference and once it got going then it mounted up at pace.  As in the previous books the world is richly detailed and feels very atmospheric. It was a fairly short read and I'd recommend it. Thank you to the author, to the publishers, and to Netgalley for this ARC.  






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