Icelandic Noir

Interview: Jónína Leosdóttir

8 November, 2022

The indie publishing house Corylus Books specialises in discovering unique voices in crime fiction from various countries, then diligently translates the authors’ novels into English. Jónína Leosdóttir is the latest distinctive crime writer Corylus has found, and the third from Iceland, following Sólveig Pálsdóttir and…

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On the Radar: Murder in the land of ice and snow

By crimefictionlover

21 October, 2022

After the blistering heat of the summer, isn’t it reassuring to know that crime fiction authors have cold, cold hearts? And it shows this week here in our news column where we lead off with a brand new author for you from Iceland. Deceit by…

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Trom – the Faroese crime drama on BBC Four

By crimefictionlover

12 July, 2022

Trom could just be the Nordic noir crime show you’ve been waiting for. From Ystad to the Arctic Circle and from the forests of Finland to Reykjavik, just about every corner of the old Norse world has appeared as the setting of a crime show….

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Kalmann by Joachim B Schmidt

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

19 May, 2022

Translated by Jamie Lee Searle — In Kalmann, the Swiss-born journalist and author Joachim B Schmidt brings us the story of a local man’s disappearance from the remote village of Rauferhöfn in northeast Iceland. However, this isn’t your typical gloomy Nordic noir crime mystery. Schmidt’s…

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On the Radar: The Sheriff of Raufarhöfn

By crimefictionlover

6 May, 2022

This week our new books column introduces five crime novels, including the chance to meet a new and unusual character in the genre, Kalmann, who also calls himself the Sheriff of Raufarhöfn. Yes, this is Icelandic crime fiction of the quirkiest kind – which means…

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Outside by Ragnar Jonasson

By crimefictionlover

28 April, 2022

Translated by Victoria Cribb — Here on Crime Fiction Lover we’ve been following the career of this Icelandic author since he first appeared in English translation with Snowblind in 2015. That was the first in Ragnar Jonasson’s Ari Thor series, about a small town cop…

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The Doctor will see you now... Johann Thorsson

By crimefictionlover

22 March, 2022

Are you looking for something new? Something with an unusual twist? Something creepy and a touch mystical? If so, our crime fiction compatriot, Dr Jacky Collins, has found it. Whitesands by Icelandic author Johann Thorsson has all of those things and more. But before you…

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CrimeFictionLover: Top five books of 2021

By crimefictionlover

28 December, 2021

The year 2021 ends in the same way it began: with a great deal of uncertainty. For many, it was a tough 12 months and though you may be tired of hearing it, this was the case for us as well. In fact, Crime Fiction…

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Interview: Jónína Leosdóttir

On the Radar: Murder in the land of ice and snow

Trom – the Faroese crime drama on BBC Four

Kalmann by Joachim B Schmidt

On the Radar: The Sheriff of Raufarhöfn

Outside by Ragnar Jonasson

The Doctor will see you now... Johann Thorsson

CrimeFictionLover: Top five books of 2021

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