One True Word, Snbjorn Arngrimsson
One True Word, Snbjorn Arngrimsson
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One True Word

Author: Snæbjörn Arngrímsson, Larissa Kyzer

Narrator: Liv Austen

Unabridged: 10 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/03/2026


Synopsis

Why did she do it?

After a day of simmering tension on a trip to an uninhabited island, Júlia finally reaches her breaking point. In a fit of fury she makes a reckless decision—leaving her husband Gíó marooned in the middle of a freezing fjord in the depths of the Icelandic winter. As the cold dark of night swiftly approaches, she leaves without looking back.

When she regrets her decision and returns, he is nowhere to be found. There is no trace of him, and no sign of where he may have gone. The police launch a manhunt, but soon their suspicion falls on his wife. In an attempt to shield herself from their speculation, Júlia weaves an elaborate net of lies, trying to convince the police—and herself—of her innocence. But as her story starts to crumble, dark secrets start coming to light.

As time runs out, Júlia races to discover what really happened. But is Gíó alive or dead? In hiding or hunting her down? And can Júlia get to the truth before it destroys her?

One True Word is a #1 bestseller in Iceland that has been acclaimed by authors such as Katrín Jakobsdóttir, the former Icelandic Prime Minister.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kate on November 09, 2025

2.5 During a trip to an island with husband Gió, Júlia loses her temper and leaves him stranded. As her anger abates she begins to feel sorry for her actions and goes back the following day but there is no sign of Gió. Júlia knows she has to report him missing and her childhood skill at lying comes to......more

Goodreads review by Catherine on September 04, 2025

It was a strange story. It started out well, then meandered for most of the book. I’m not sure what the point of it was.......more

Goodreads review by Wendy on December 07, 2025

Is this a crime novel? I wasn't sure. Is the crime that after a row Julia heads for home leaving her "husband" to get over it? Is the crime that she left him on a tiny island and took the boat? In Iceland, in the dark? in winter? She has second thoughts and goes back to fetch him but he is not there......more

Goodreads review by Melisende on December 30, 2025

Another Icelandic noir that I am putting right up there was one of my favourite reads for the year (Eva Björg Ægisdóttir's "The Creak on the Stairs" was my first Icelandic thriller - aside from the Icelandic Sagas of old.). Not only is the reader compelled to finish this mystery, but also impelled by......more

Goodreads review by Ólafur on November 15, 2022

Frumleg, spennandi, vel skrifuð flétta alvöru og lúmskrar fyndni. Aðalpersónan heillar en finna má að smáatriðum varðandi td vissar aukapersónur. Lesið endilega.......more