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.