Death on the Island, Eliza Reid
Death on the Island, Eliza Reid
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Death on the Island

Author: Eliza Reid

Narrator: DeNica Fairman

Unabridged: 8 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/18/2025

Synopsis

Agatha Christie meets Nordic noir in this “brilliant debut” (Louise Penny, #1 New York Times bestselling author) about diplomats stranded on a windswept Icelandic island with a murderer in their midst.

A remote Icelandic island. A diplomatic dinner party. A murderer in their midst.

When Kavita Banerjee, the deputy ambassador of Canada, dies suddenly at a dinner party attended by the great and the good from Icelandic business and politics, suspicion falls on everyone present, but particularly on the victim’s boss, Graeme Shearer, the Canadian ambassador.

Jane Shearer, Graeme’s long-suffering wife, is accustomed to cleaning up his messes. But now, saving her husband’s career—and her crumbling marriage—requires her to investigate her fellow dinner guests. Uncovering corruption and murder is a dangerous job, but Jane knows better than most what desperate people will do to protect their secrets.

About Eliza Reid

Eliza Reid is a bestselling writer, public speaker, gender equality advocate, and cofounder of the acclaimed Iceland Writers Retreat. She was born and raised in Canada but has lived in Iceland for over twenty years. Her first book, Secrets of the Sprakkar: Iceland’s Extraordinary Women and How They Are Changing the World, was an instant bestseller in Canada and Iceland, and a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice. Her debut mystery, Death on the Island, was an instant national bestseller in Canada, Iceland, and the United States, is the first of a series, and has been optioned for television. From 2016 to 2024, Eliza served in the unofficial role of First Lady while her husband was President of Iceland. She lives in the outskirts of Reykjavík with her husband and four children.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mandy on May 06, 2025

A locked room mystery in storm on an isolated island off Iceland, what a perfect setting for a murder mystery. This was a great debut with an eclectic cast of characters. We have a celebrity chef, a prize winning author and an abundance of authors at a dinner in a top restaurant. After a Flaming Vik......more

Goodreads review by Trisha on May 14, 2025

This is a fun little murder mystery. A group of people arrive on an island for a diplomatic dinner. They are hoping to arrange a few deals and everyone has their own secrets and agendas. I can't lie, to start, this book is a little rough. There are a lot of names, at first, with titles and secrets an......more

Goodreads review by Barb reads......it ALL! on April 11, 2025

A brilliant debut! Thank you, NetGalley, for the advance. Mysteries are a favorite genre for me, international mysteries? Even better! I picked it up for the author, former first lady of Iceland and to my delight it was atmospheric and character driven and Christie-esque. More please!......more

Goodreads review by Ken on January 19, 2025

This is an extremely good book with many scenarios that change everything from time to time which you don't know. Everything is explained at the end of the book but good reading. Can you guess who it is at the very beginning? It is like an Agatha Christie book. It has many people who are and aren't......more

Goodreads review by Rebeccah on May 11, 2025

3.5 ⭐️ I was sent this book from the publisher, and so I was excited to get an arc copy to read before it’s released!! This was a pretty good, slow burn thriller. If you’re looking for a fast paced, this one wasn’t as intense as I was thinking it would be. The way the chapters were aligned with time......more

Quotes

“Death on the Island is a humdinger of a debut novel. So many people could be guilty for so many reasons, so many big fish in a little pond are hiding secrets of nastiness that may not necessarily include murder, so much deviousness.”
— The Winnipeg Free Press

“Eliza Reid has drawn on her experience as Iceland’s former First Lady to craft a classic murder mystery set on the windswept Westman Islands. The ensemble cast is filled with quirky, complex, and believable characters who are all dealing with their own baggage, along with a dead body or two. And the island itself is a mesmerizing setting made even more sinister by the lashing storm. Whether you have the self-control to savour this tale, or you read it in one desperate binge, as I did, Death on the Island is the debut everyone will be talking about.”
— TERRY FALLIS, two-time winner of the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour

“Eliza Reid’s take on a locked room mystery is an island off the coast of Iceland during a perfect storm - for the perfect murder. Among the suspects are an ambitious chef, an award-winning writer, an Ambassador and a captain of industry. Skullduggery in high places! A most enthralling, entertaining, and intriguing mystery.”
— LIZ NUGENT, internationally bestselling author of Strange Sally Diamond

“A classic murder mystery set against a brooding landscape. Full of twists and turns that will keep you guessing right to the very last page.”
— WILL FERGUSON, Scotiabank Giller Prize-winning author of 419

“With its twisty Golden Age plot and a fascinating Nordic Noir setting, this novel is perfect for lovers of each.”
— ANN CLEEVES, New York Times bestselling author

“An addictive and edgy murder mystery with wonderfully quirky characters and razor-sharp dialogue. You’ll turn the pages faster than you ever thought possible.”
— JANN ARDEN, bestselling author of The Bittlemores

“I loved this book. Eliza Reid is so assured in her plot and characters that it’s hard to believe this is her first novel. Death on the Island is compulsive and propulsive reading. Not only wonderfully evocative of a little-known area of Iceland, it is also surprising, with twists even a seasoned crime reader won’t see coming. A brilliant debut, that promises more to come.”
— LOUISE PENNY, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Grey Wolf

“An intriguing mystery, an exotic setting, and a Christie vibe—what’s not to love?”
— SHARI LAPENA, #1 Globe & Mail bestselling author of What Have You Done 

“The mystery, cunningly structured as a series of tick-tock countdowns, pays homage to locked-room classics while blazing a path that’s defiantly modern. This is a fresh, transporting, emotionally involving suspense debut, that rare crime novel you’ll want to discuss with friends.”
— A. J. FINN, #1 New York Times bestselling author of End of Story

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