The smarter a place looks, the darker the secrets it hides.Guests at one of Reykjavík’s smartest hotels never know what happens behind the scenes –including what brings a group of down-and-outs to the Bristol Hotel every winter night while the rest of the world sleeps.When overworked supervisor Torfi finds himself given an unexpected promotion that comes with a respectable pay rise, he takes it as a lucky break – until he’s told to make a murder victim disa...

As a police team is called in to investigate a woman’s suicide at the Hólmsheiði prison outside Reykjavík, to detective Guðgeir Fransson it looks like a tragic but straightforward case.It’s only afterwards that the pieces begin to fall into place and he takes a deeper interest in Kristín Kjarr’s troubled background, and why she had found herself in prison.His search leads him to a series of brutal crimes committed twenty years before and the unexplained dis...

Áróra returns to Iceland when her estranged sister goes missing, and her search leads to places she could never have imagined. A chilling, tense thriller – FIRST in an addictive, nerve-shattering new series – from one of Iceland's bestselling authors…'Icelandic crime writing at its finest … immersive and unnerving' Shari Lapena'Best-selling Icelandic crime-writer Sigurðardóttir has built a formidable reputation with just four novels, but he...

'Nordic crime drama at its best!' - Amazon reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'It was galloping along at a rate of knots, I couldn't put it down' - Amazon reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'As chilling as an Icelandic winter' - Sharon Bolton---------------The discovery of a corpse washed up on a beach in an Icelandic backwater sparks a series of events that propels Sergeant Gunnhildur G****ísladóttir into deep waters . . ...

FIRST IN THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING DARK ICELAND SERIESOVER A MILLION COPIES SOLDA murder takes place in the isolated Icelandic town of Siglufjörður, where an avalanche has cut off all communication and the unrelenting snow threatens rookie police officer Ari Thór Arason first investigation…'A modern Icelandic take on an Agatha Christie-style mystery, as twisty as any slalom…' Ian Rankin

Óskar Guðmundsson is the kick-ass breath of fresh air that Icelandic crime fiction has been waiting for – Yrsa SigurðardóttirFormer detective Salka Steinsdóttir finds herself unwillingly pitched into the toughest investigation of her life, just as she returns to the tranquil north of Iceland to recover from a personal trauma.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...

Two broken cops. One irretrievably damaged and the other an outcast.Dóra struggles to cope with life after taking a bullet to the head. Rado is the child of refugees, his career shunted off the tracks due to his family conenctions to an organised crime gang. But they’re the only ones available when a troubled teenager vanishes from a school trip, and the trail gets darker the further they pursue it.Broken takes place in a side of Reykjavík no visitor would ...

The ruthless businessman left to drown by the rising tide at the dock by Reykjavík’s Grótta lighthouse had never been short of enemies. The police have their suspect, and he calls in Stella Blómkvist to fight his corner as he furiously protests his innocence. Yet this angry fisherman had more reason than many to bear the dead man a grudge.It’s a busy summer for razor-tongued, no-nonsense lawyer Stella. A young woman looking for a long-lost parent finds more than she bargained for. ...

Get ALL SIX books in Ragnar Jónasson's international, multi-million-copy bestselling Dark Iceland series in one GREAT-VALUE Box Set!In the remote northern town of Siglufjörður, Icelandic police officer Ari Thór Arason is drawn into chilling murders and long-buried secrets that fracture a close-knit community.'Chilling, creepy, perceptive, almost unbearably tense' Ian Rankin'A modern Icelandic take on an Agatha Chri...

Ragnar Jónasson's seminal, multi-million-copy bestselling mystery, Snowblind, celebrates its tenth anniversary, including a never-before-published Ari Thór prequel, Fadeout.***Introduction by Anthony Horowitz******FIRST NEW Dark Iceland mystery since 2020***The blizzard returns…`A modern Icelandic take on an Agatha Christie-style mystery, as twisty as any slalom…´ I...

A retired, reclusive woman is found on a bitter winter morning, clubbed to death in Reykjavik's old graveyard.Detectives Guðgeir and Elsa Guðrún face one of their toughest cases yet, as they try to piece together the details of Arnhildur's austere life in her Red House in the oldest part of the city.Why was this solitary, private woman attending séances, and why was she determined to keep her severe financial difficulties so secret?Could the truth b...

A stunning standalone thriller from the Queen of Iceland Noir.***Shortlisted for the Glass Key Award for Best Nordic Crime Novel***'Tough, uncompromising and unsettling' Val McDermidWhen aid worker Úrsula returns to Iceland for a new job, she's drawn into the dangerous worlds of politics, corruption and misogyny … a powerful, relevant, fast-paced standalone thriller.____________________...