Autumn of 1987 takes a young couple on a romantic trip in the Westfjords holiday—a trip that gets an unexpected ending and has catastrophic consequences. Ten years later, a small group of friends go for a weekend in an old hunting lodge in Elliðaey—a place completely cut off from the outside world—to reconnect. But one…
Spanning the icy streets of Reykjavík, the Icelandic highlands and cold, isolated fjords, The Darkness is an atmospheric thriller from Snowblind writer Ragnar Jonasson — the first in the Nordic Noir mystery series. I ‘How did you find me?’ the woman asked. There was a tremor in her voice; her face was frightened. Detective Inspector Hulda Hermannsdóttir…
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The Legacy by Yrsa Sigurdardóttir is the first installment in the new Children's House series featuring the psychologist Freyja and the police officer Huldar (available February 13, 2018). The only person who might have the answers to a baffling murder case is the victim’s seven-year-old daughter, found hiding in the room where her mother died.…
Chilling and complex, Nightblind by Ragnar Jonasson is an extraordinary thriller and the second book in the Dark Iceland series (available December 5, 2017). Ari Thor Arason is a local policeman who has an uneasy relationship with the villagers in an idyllically quiet fishing village in Northern Iceland―where no one locks their doors. The peace…
A deeply compassionate story of old crimes and their consequences, The Shadow District is the first in a thrilling new series by internationally bestselling author Arnaldur Indridason (available November 7, 2017). THE PAST In wartime Reykjavik, Iceland, a young woman is found strangled in 'the shadow district', a rough and dangerous area of the city.…
A mesmerizing international thriller that sweeps from modern Iceland to Nazi Germany, get a digital copy of Arnaldur Indriðason's Operation Napoleon for only $2.99 through the month of October! In 1945, a German bomber crash-lands in Iceland during a blizzard. Puzzlingly, there are both German and American officers on board. One of the senior German…
The Undesired by Yrsa Sigurdardóttir is a chilling Icelandic thriller that might make you want to sleep with the light on after reading. Aldis hates her job working in a juvenile detention center in rural Iceland. The boys are difficult, the owners are unpleasant, and there are mysterious noises at night. And then two of…
When you take a job as a local policeman in a small town in Northern Iceland like Ari Thor Arason, life can seem dull. But just because excitement isn't happening around you, that doesn't mean you can't make things exciting! So get the party started with this week's Pick Your Poison—where we create a cocktail…
Taut and terrifying, Snowblind is a startling debut from the extraordinary new talent Ragnar Jonasson (available January 31, 2017). Ari Thor Arason is about to finish his police training—the first study he’s completed after abandoning both philosophy and theology. He is offered a position as a policeman in a small town in northern Iceland, far…
