Simon Mayo and Matt Williams invite the world’s finest authors in for a chat.
Simon Mayo and Matt Williams invite the world’s finest authors in for a chat.
Ragnar Jonasson joins Simon and Matt to discuss his latest novel, ‘Death At The Sanitorium’
They talk about the influence of Agatha Christie, the Icelandic way of life and how he keeps so many stories in his head at one time.
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Here’s a little more about Death At The Sanitorium
AN OLD SANATORIUM. ONE TERRIFYING MURDER. FIVE SUSPECTS. AND A CASE THAT NEVER CLOSED.
WELCOME TO THE SANATORIUM
High up in the mountains stands a sanatorium. Once a hospital dedicated to treating tuberculosis, it now sits haunted by the ghosts of its past.
One wing of the hospital remains open and houses six employees: the caretaker, two doctors, two nurses and a young research assistant.
Despite the wards closing decades ago, they remain at the hospital to conduct research. But the cold corridors, draughty windows and echoey halls are constant reminders of the building’s dark history.
When one of the nurses, Yrsa, is found brutally murdered, they discover that death has never left this place – and neither did its secrets. None can escape this terrifying legacy.
Despite just five suspects the case is never solved and remains open for two decades. Until a young criminologist named Helgi Reykdal attempts to finally lay the ghosts of the hospital’s past to rest . . .
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