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Trap

Trap
  • Author(s): Lilja Sigurdardottir
  • Location(s): Reykjavik
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): 2011

Happily settled in Florida, Sonja believes she’s finally escaped the trap set by unscrupulous drug lords. But when her son Tomas is taken, she’s back to square one … and Iceland. Her lover, Agla, is awaiting sentencing for financial...

Unraveled: A Novel about a Meltdown

Unraveled: A Novel about a Meltdown
  • Author(s): Alda Sigmundsdóttir
  • Location(s): Iceland
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 2008

After a 12-year absence from Iceland, Frida returns home with her husband Damien, a suave and sophisticated British diplomat who has just been made Ambassador to Iceland. It is summer 2008, and the global economy is on shaky ground....

Winterlude

Winterlude
  • Author(s): A S A Harrison, Quentin Bates
  • Location(s): Iceland, Reykjavik
  • Genre(s): Crime, Novella
  • Era(s): Modern

It’s a bitter winter morning when Sergeant Gunnhildur is called to the scene of a violent killing in an abandoned industrial unit. Gunna and her sidekick Helgi quickly find that the battered victim had no shortage of enemies. The...

You Can’t See Me

You Can’t See Me
  • Author(s): Eva Björg Ægisdóttir
  • Location(s): Snæfellsnes Peninsula
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The twisty, breathtaking prequel to the international bestselling Forbidden Iceland series… The wealthy, powerful Snæberg clan has gathered for a family reunion at a futuristic hotel set amongst the dark lava flows of Iceland’s remote Snæfellsnes peninsula. Petra Snæberg,...

Ashes to Dust

Ashes to Dust
  • Author(s): Yrsa Sigurðardóttir
  • Location(s): Heimaey
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): 1973 to present

Thóra peered at the floor, but couldn’t see anything that could have frightened Markús that much, only three mounds of dust. She moved the light of her torch over them. It took her some time to realize what she...

The Commandments

The Commandments
  • Author(s): Óskar Gudmundsson, Quentin Bates (Translator)
  • Location(s): North Iceland
  • Genre(s): Mystery, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The victim is someone she had pursued earlier in her career – and had never been able to pin down. Now a killer has taken the law into their own hands and meted out brutal retribution for ancient crimes....

The Dancer

The Dancer
  • Author(s): Óskar Gudmundsson, Quentin Bates (Translator)
  • Location(s): Reykjavik
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Tony is a young man who has always been on the losing side in life. He was brought up by his troubled, alcoholic mother who had a past of her own as a talented ballerina, until a life-changing accident...

The Heart of Man

The Heart of Man
  • Author(s): Jón Kalman Stefánsson
  • Location(s): Iceland
  • Genre(s): Fiction

After coming through the blizzard that almost cost them everything, Jens and the boy are far from home, in a fishing community at the edge of the world. Taken in by the village doctor, the boy once again has...

Deceit

Deceit
  • Author(s): Jónína Leósdóttir
  • Location(s): Reykjavik
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Reykjavík detective Soffía finds herself struggling to cope with a single-handed investigation into a spate of malicious acts taking place across the city, and enlists help from an unexpected direction. Her psychologist ex-husband Adam has advised the police before,...

The Ice Lands

The Ice Lands
  • Author(s): Steinar Bragi
  • Location(s): Iceland
  • Genre(s): Horror, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Set against Iceland’s volcanic hinterlands, four thirty-somethings from Reykjavik – the reckless hedonist Egill; the recovering alcoholic Hrafin; and their partners Anna and Vigdis – embark on an ambitious camping trip, their jeep packed with supplies. Victims of the...

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