LVDL's monthly mystery book discussion that meets on the fourth Monday of the month.
This month’s title is The Girl Who Died by Ragnar Jonasson.
Una wants to teach, but she has been unable to find employment in Reykjavík. Celebrating Christmas and ringing in 1986 in the remote hamlet of Skálar seems like a chance to earn teaching credentials and get her life back on track. But Skálar isn't just one of Iceland's most isolated villages, it is home to just ten people. Una's only students are two girls aged seven and nine. Teaching them only occupies so many hours in a day. As darkness descends throughout the winter, Una finds herself more often than not in her rented attic space. She is plagued by nightmares of a little girl in a white dress singing a lullaby. And when a sudden tragedy echoes an event long buried in Skálar's past, the villagers become even more guarded, leaving a suspicious Una seeking to uncover a shocking truth that's been kept secret for generations.
Copies of the print book will be available at the Circulation Desk.
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