Enjoyed it so much I've now downloaded the other books in the Tuva Moodyson series. Somehow this feisty deaf journalist has eluded me.
Dean is an expert in creating tension and atmosphere. The remote Swedish town where the only access, a tunnel, is closed at night is a perfect setting, as is the creepy hotel at the top of the valley with its defective and creaky chair lift.
It was difficult to spot the perpetrator among so many likely subjects.
I found some of the references to Tuva's past a bit confusing, having not read the other books, but it didn't spoil my enjoyment.

A great return for Tuva. Will Dean has created an engaging and captivating thriller with plenty of twists and turns. I read it over a few nights and I can honestly say I looked forward to getting back to it every night!

so happy to be back in tuvaland, favourite read of the year so far🎉 brilliant writing, unpredictable and engaging! will dean breathes life into every character he writes and i’ll be impatiently waiting for book 7😳 hands down my favourite series, i’ve said it before and i’ll say it again tuva moodyson deserves the world🥹😭

Immersive, Tense..
When journalist Tuva Moodyson receives a disturbing news alert, she knows that she needs to act immediately. She joins a search party for a missing teenager, knowing that she can help in a manner that, perhaps, no one else can. The situation is treacherous but it soon becomes clear that something more heinous is afoot. Atmospheric suspense, compelling and with a perfectly imagined backdrop, a propulsive plot populated with a credible cast and engaging narrative. Immersive and tense.

I have been waiting (not so) patiently for this book! Tuva is my absolute favourite character in any book or series ever! The second I was approved on Netgalley, I dropped the book I was reading and dove in.

It was like sitting down to coffee with an old friend. Ice Town is chilling in more ways than one. The town is even more isolated and cut off than Gavrik, and the weather is even more harsh. So, when a deaf teenager goes missing, Tuva rushes to help in the search.

It soon becomes clear that there is more to this story when a dead body turns up. Tuva and Astrid, a fellow journalist from another neighbouring town, both try and dig for the truth, the identity of the killer, and to find the missing teen.

The whole story is eerie as hell. This is made worse by the fact that Ice Town is only accessible by a tunnel that is closed each night. It's claustrophobic, tense, creepy, and absolutely captivating.

Tuva had me in floods of tears, both at the beginning and the end. Will Dean explored grief with such tenderness and sensitivity that I had to message him and thank him for that.

If you haven't read any of this series, why not??? Do it now. It's incredible!

My first Tuva thriller and I quite enjoyed it for the tense atmosphere (but nothing too creepy, thankfully) and the delicate way some themes were described. Such as people's weird fascination with true crime; the recent, horrific history of how Sami people were treated; the difficulties deaf people are dealing with; the perpetual distrust by women of men and how weary it can make one feel; how nature somehow is of less importance than what people want it to be (mines and ski resorts) – no matter its devastating consequences.

But of course, this being a whodunit, we're in it for the chase of the puzzle, finding clues to piece together some reasoning behind all this. And that is what I thought was a bit lacking... the last victim not being named, the (indeed, very unexpected) killer unveiling a plot that looked a bit thin to me.