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Deceit by Jónína Leósdóttir

By Paul Burke

14 November, 2022

Translated by Sylvía and Quentin Bates — Icelandic crime fiction is the gift that just keeps giving, punching well above its weight in the international arena. This latest offering sees an English debut for the journalist, playwright and YA novelist, Jónína Leósdóttir. The title Deceit…

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Interview: Jónína Leosdóttir

By crimefictionlover

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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Harm by Sólveig Pálsdóttir

By crimefictionlover

20 September, 2022

Translated by Quentin Bates — Following on from The Fox and Silenced, Harm is the latest in the Dark Iceland series by Sólveig Pálsdottir, in which Reykjavik detectives Gudgier Fransson and Elsa Gudrún investigate murder cases. As Iceland has a small population and a minuscule…

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Icelandic crime show Sisterhood comes to Walter Presents

By crimefictionlover

16 September, 2022

Nordic crime fiction returns to Walter Presents today with the box set of the Icelandic crime drama Sisterhood now available to stream! Not so much a mystery, this is a show that looks at dark secrets from the past and what happens when they resurface…

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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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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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The Commandments by Óskar Gudmundsson

By crimefictionlover

9 November, 2021

Translated by Quentin Bates — You’ll be able to guess from the cover of this debut novel by Icelandic author Óskar Gudmundsson that it has a religious theme. More specifically, it’s about historic abuse in the church – a topic that has come to light…

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Deceit by Jónína Leósdóttir

Interview: Jónína Leosdóttir

Harm by Sólveig Pálsdóttir

Icelandic crime show Sisterhood comes to Walter Presents

Kalmann by Joachim B Schmidt

Outside by Ragnar Jonasson

The Doctor will see you now... Johann Thorsson

The Commandments by Óskar Gudmundsson

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