Crime books from Iceland
Recommended crime books (16)
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If you are into crime here are some crime books from Iceland for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.
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"In a deadly Icelandic snowstorm, four friends seek shelter in an abandoned hunting lodge. But nothing can prepare them for what's inside. Forced to spend a long and terrifying night in the cabin, they watch intently and silently. Just as they themselves are being watched. As the night darkens, and old secrets spill into the light, it's soon clear that what they've discovered in the cabin is far from the only mystery lurking there. Nor the only thing to be afraid of . . ."--Publisher.
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Rio Negro by Arnaldur Indridasson ES
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El cadáver de un joven degollado aparece en su casa del centro de Reikiavik. No ha habido lucha. No hay arma. Los únicos indicios que encuentra la policía son un chal de mujer y unas pastillas que sugieren una oscura historia de violación y venganza.
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Snowblind by Ragnar Jónasson EN
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Taut and terrifying, a startling debut from an extraordinary new talent, taking Nordic Noir to soaring new heights Siglufjorour: an idyllically quiet fishing village in Northern Iceland, where no one locks their doors, and which is accessible only via a small mountain tunnel. Ari Thor Arason: a rookie policeman on his first posting, far from his girlfriend in Reykjavik, with a past that he s unable to leave behind. When a young woman is found lying half-naked in the snow, bleeding and unconscious, and a highly esteemed, elderly writer falls to his death in the local theater, Ari is dragged str... continue
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The Legacy : A Thriller by Yrsa Sigurdardottir EN
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Required to both question and protect a traumatized seven-year-old girl who is the only witness to a murder, rookie detective Huldar and psychologist Freyja navigate elusive clues left behind by an unusually slippery killer.
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The Prey by Yrsa Sigurdardottir EN
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Discover the utterly terrifying, chilling and gripping new novel from international bestseller YRSA SIGURDARDOTTIR, author of THE DOLL and GALLOWS ROCK 'Lyrical landscape descriptions combine with intimations of terrible events in the past in this haunting story' SUNDAY TIMES 'A generator of fear quite as adroit as Stephen King' THE INDEPENDENT 'A magnificent writer' KARIN SLAUGHTER _________ THE FIRST PHONE CALL SHOCKS A FAMILY. Kolbeinn has been called to his old home. The new owners uncovered some photos, and a muddied child's shoe bearing the name 'Salvor'. A name Kolbeinn doesn't recognis... continue
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The Sharp Edge of a Snowflake by Sif Sigmarsdóttir EN
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The captivating, feminist YA thriller. The snow is falling thick and fast now. Snow in Iceland is dangerous. Hannah Eiríksdóttir has been banished from her home in London to a place of eternal punishment for the wicked. No, not Hell, but close: Iceland. There, she faces a new life working as a journalist for her father's newspaper - a man she barely knows. Imogen Collins has the perfect life as a social media influencer, showing off her glamorous London existence to adoring fans. But behind the filters lies a dark secret. She thought she'd buried it: But the Beast is back - a ghost from her pa... continue