Elliðaey is a collection of isolated islands off the coast of Iceland. It is has a beautiful, unforgiving terrain and is an easy place to vanish.The Island is the second thrilling book in Ragnar Jonasson's Hidden Iceland trilogy told backwards. This time investigator Hermannsdóttir is at the peak of her career and is sent to discover what happened when a group of friends visited the island of Elliðaey but one failed to return.Could this disappearance have links to the vanishing of a couple ten years previously out on the Westfjords? Is there a patient killer stalking these barren outposts? Hulda must find out. Written with Ragnar's haunting and suspenseful prose The Island follows Hulda's journey to uncover the islands' secrets and find the truth hidden in their darkest shadows.