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The Fox

The Fox
  • Author(s): Sólveig Pálsdóttir, Quentin Bates (Translator)
  • Location(s): East Iceland
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction, Noir
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Hoping to put behind him tragedy in his professional life and to resolve the turmoil in his personal life, Reykjavík police officer Guðgeir Fransson has moved as far away from home as he can, marking time in a dead-end...

Death at the Sanatorium

Death at the Sanatorium
  • Author(s): Ragnar Jonasson
  • Location(s): North Iceland
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

An old sanatorium. A terrifying murder. Six suspects and a case that never closed . . . Once a hospital dedicated to treating tuberculosis, The Akureyri Sanatorium now sits haunted by the ghosts of its past. But a single...

About the Size of the Universe

About the Size of the Universe
  • Author(s): Jón Kalman Stefánsson
  • Location(s): Iceland
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Recent

t the beginning of this story there is death, and yet it is a celebration of life – the passion between a man and a woman, forbidden love, violence, sorrow, betrayal. Happiness and misfortune are passed down from one...

The Commandments

The Commandments
  • Author(s): Óskar Guðmundsson, 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....

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,...

Dead Sweet

Dead Sweet
  • Author(s): Katrín Júlíusdóttir, Quentin Bates (Translator)
  • Location(s): Iceland, Minnesota
  • Genre(s): Crime, In Translation, Police Procedural, Thriller
  • Era(s): contemporary

A murder is just the beginning… When Óttar Karlsson, a wealthy and respected government official and businessman, is found murdered, after failing to turn up at his own surprise birthday party, the police are at a loss. It isn’t...

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,...

A Haunting in the Arctic

A Haunting in the Arctic
  • Author(s): C J Cooke
  • Location(s): Iceland
  • Genre(s): Gothic, Fiction, Historical, Horror
  • Era(s): 1901 / 1973

Something has walked the floors of the Ormen for almost a century. Something that craves revenge… 1901. On board the Ormen, a whaling ship battling through the unforgiving North Sea, Nicky Duthie awakes. Attacked and dragged there against her...

One Winter’s Night

One Winter’s Night
  • Author(s): Kate Frost
  • Location(s): Iceland
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

To look to the future, you first have to face your past… With Christmas just around the corner, Molly Bliss has almost hit rock bottom. After the heart-breaking loss of her parents, an escape to Iceland to spend the...

White as Snow

White as Snow
  • Author(s): Lilja Sigurdardottir, Quentin Bates
  • Location(s): Iceland, Reykjavik
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Book 3: Áróra Investigation Series On a snowy winter morning, an abandoned shipping container is discovered near Reykjavík. Inside are the bodies of five young women – one of them barely alive. As Icelandic Police detective Daníel struggles to...

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