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Interview: Jónína Leosdóttir

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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

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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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Cold as Hell by Lilja Sigardardóttir

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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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