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Harm by Sólveig Pálsdóttir

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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Cold as Hell by Lilja Sigardardóttir

By Paul Burke

16 September, 2021

Translated by Quentin Bates — Multi-award winning Icelandic author and playwright Lilja Sigardardóttir really grabbed our attention with her Reykjavik Noir trilogy. Snare, Trap and Cage are perfectly encapsulated noir stories about ordinary people caught up in the underbelly of Icelandic society. Yet when you…

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The Darkness Knows by Arnaldur Indridason

By crimefictionlover

11 August, 2021

Translated by Victoria Cribb — Iceland is a country of enigmas – which could be why crime novels from the country are so popular with crime fiction lovers. Icelandic authors seem to capture those enigmas, and the nuances that surround them, with a subtle sense…

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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

Cold as Hell by Lilja Sigardardóttir

The Darkness Knows by Arnaldur Indridason

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