Ice Town by Will Dean - ISBN: 9781399717359
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Trapped in a frozen town. Missing people. A killer lurks.

Ice Town

the gripping and explosive new thriller featuring Tuva Moodyson

$27.47

  • Paperback

    416 pages

  • Release Date

    20 January 2026

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Summary

ONE WAY IN. NO WAY OUT.

‘Deaf teenager goes missing in Esseberg. Mountain rescue are launching a search party but conditions hinder their efforts. The tunnel is being kept open all night as an exception.’

When journalist Tuva Moodyson reads this news alert she knows she must join the search. If this teenager is found, she will be able to communicate with him in a way no one else can.

Esseberg lies on the other side of a mountain tunnel: there is only o…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781399717359
ISBN-10:1399717359
Author:Will Dean
Publisher:Hodder & Stoughton
Imprint:Hodder Paperback
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:416
Release Date:20 January 2026
Weight:291g
Dimensions:196mm x 130mm x 30mm
Series:Tuva Moodyson
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Critics Review

Dean sets the stage so vividly … that the case’s resolution, when it comes, is almost secondary * Irish Times *Perfect winter reading * Sunday Independent *The heroine is Tuva Moodyson, a deaf young female reporter on the small town’s local paper, who is as superbly evoked as the forest she is forced to investigate * Daily Mail *Loaded with atmosphere, brilliant on setting, and Tuva Moodyson just rocks – Mark BillinghamThe tension is unrelenting, and I can’t wait for Tuva’s next outing – Val McDermidMemorably atmospheric, with a dogged and engaging protagonist … promises to be an excellent series * Guardian *Loved Tuva. More please! – C.J. TudorBrilliant – Ann CleevesAnother fabulously atmospheric investigation from Will Dean’s singular heroine * Heat *Dean’s mastery of setting and suspense remain unassailable * Financial Times *[Tuva] is an unusual and alluring character, and Dean writes about her frightening surroundings in exact and atmospheric prose * Literary Review *Creepy, tense and so good! * Fabulous, Sun on Sunday *An electrifying read * Woman’s Own *

This is a franchise just waiting to explode on a television screen near you… The author’s insights intothe unique psychological challenges faced by the deaf light up his highly accomplished storytelling

* Daily Mail *A thrilling, chilling read for a wintry evening * Observer *

About The Author

Will Dean

Will Dean grew up in the East Midlands and had lived in nine different villages before the age of eighteen. After studying Law at the LSE and working in London, he settled in rural Sweden where he built a house in a boggy clearing at the centre of a vast elk forest, and it’s from this base that he compulsively reads and writes. His debut novel in the Tuva Moodyson series, Dark Pines, was selected for Zoe Ball’s Book Club, shortlisted for the Guardian Not the Booker prize and named a Daily Telegraph Book of the Year. Red Snow was published in January 2019 and won Best Independent Voice at the Amazon Publishing Readers’ Awards, 2019. Black River was shortlisted for the Theakstons Old Peculier Award in 2021. Will also writes standalone thrillers: The Last Thing to Burn, First Born, the top twenty hardback bestseller The Last Passenger and One at a Time.

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