Source: Review copyPublication: May 25th from Orenda BooksPP: 300ISBN-13: 978-1914585616 My thanks to Orenda Books for an advance copy for review A snobbish Danish literary author is challenged to write a crime novel in thirty days, travelling to a small village in Iceland for inspiration, and then the first body appears… Copenhagen author Hannah isContinue reading “Thirty Days of Darkness by Jenny Lund Madsen by Jenny Lund Madsen translated by Megan E. Turney @JennyLundMadsen @OrendaBooks @meganeturney @RandomTTours”
Category Archives: Iceland Noir
The Commandments by Óskar Guðmundsson trs Quentin Bates @oskargudmunds @CorylusB @graskeggur
Source: Review copyPublication: 29 October 2021 from Corylus BooksPP: 253ISBN-13: 9781916379770 My thanks to Corylus Books for a review copy Former detective Salka Steinsdóttir finds herself unwillingly pitched into the toughest investigation of her life, just as she returns to the tranquil north of Iceland to recover from a personal trauma. The victim is someoneContinue reading “The Commandments by Óskar Guðmundsson trs Quentin Bates @oskargudmunds @CorylusB @graskeggur”
The Doll by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir trs Victoria Cribb (Freyja and Huldar #5) @YrsaSig @HodderBooks
Source: Review copyPublication: 22 July 2021 from Hodder & StoughtonPP: 464ISBN-13: 978-1473693524 My thanks to Hodder and Stoughton for an advance copy for review It was meant to be a quiet family fishing trip, a chance for mother and daughter to talk. But it changes the course of their lives forever. They catch nothing exceptContinue reading “The Doll by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir trs Victoria Cribb (Freyja and Huldar #5) @YrsaSig @HodderBooks”
GIRLS WHO LIE by Eva Björg Ægisdóttir trs Victoria Cribb @evaaegisdottir @OrendaBooks
Source: Review copyPublication: 22 July 2021 from Orenda BooksPP: 276ISBN-13: 978-1913193737 My thanks to Orenda Books for an advance copy for review purposes When a depressed, alcoholic single mother disappears, everything suggests suicide, but when her body is found, Icelandic Detective Elma and her team are thrust into a perplexing, chilling investigation. Oh myContinue reading “GIRLS WHO LIE by Eva Björg Ægisdóttir trs Victoria Cribb @evaaegisdottir @OrendaBooks”
The Girl Who Died by Ragnar Jónasson @MichaelJBooks
Source: Review copyPublication: 10 June 2021 from Michael JosephPP: 384ISBN-13: 978-0241400128 My thanks to the publisher for an advance copy for review TEACHER WANTED ON THE EDGE OF THE WORLD . . .’ Una knows she is struggling to deal with her father’s sudden, tragic suicide. She spends her nights drinking alone in Reykjavik, strickenContinue reading “The Girl Who Died by Ragnar Jónasson @MichaelJBooks”
Cover Reveal COLD AS HELL by Lilja Sigurðardóttir @lilja1972 @OrendaBooks
I am delighted, excited and honoured to bring you this AMAZING cover for Cold As Hell, the first book in a brand new series from the FABULOUS Lilja Sigurðardóttir and Orenda Books. Cold As Hell is the first in the An Áróra Investigation series and I think you can tell from this cover, designed by MarkContinue reading “Cover Reveal COLD AS HELL by Lilja Sigurðardóttir @lilja1972 @OrendaBooks”
Silenced by Sólveig Pálsdóttir trs Quentin Bates @solveigpals @graskeggur @CorylusB
Source: Review copyPublication: 15 April 2021 from Corylus BooksPP: 212ASIN : B08Y5KZ98J My thanks to the publisher for an early copy for review The darker the secret, the harder to bury it. As a police team is called in to investigate a woman’s suicide at the Hólmsheiði prison outside Reykjavík, to detective Guðgeir Fransson itContinue reading “Silenced by Sólveig Pálsdóttir trs Quentin Bates @solveigpals @graskeggur @CorylusB”
Winterkill by Ragnar Jónasson (Dark Iceland #6) trs David Warriner @ragnarjo @givemeawave @orendabooks
Source: Review copyPublication: 10th December 2020 from Orenda BooksPP: 240ISBN-13: 978-1913193461 A blizzard is approaching Siglufjörður, and that can only mean one thing… When the body of a nineteen-year-old girl is found on the main street of Siglufjörður, Police Inspector Ari Thór battles a violent Icelandic storm in an increasingly dangerous hunt for her killerContinue reading “Winterkill by Ragnar Jónasson (Dark Iceland #6) trs David Warriner @ragnarjo @givemeawave @orendabooks”
Betrayal by Lilja Sigurðardóttir trs Quentin Bates @lilja1972 @OrendaBooks @graskeggur @AnneCater
Source: Review copyPublication: 1st October 2020 from Orenda BooksPP: 276ISBN-13: 978-1913193409 My thanks to the publisher for an advance review copy Burned out and traumatised by her horrifying experiences around the world, aid worker Úrsula has returned to Iceland. Unable to settle, she accepts a high-profile government role in which she hopes to make aContinue reading “Betrayal by Lilja Sigurðardóttir trs Quentin Bates @lilja1972 @OrendaBooks @graskeggur @AnneCater”
The Mist by Ragnar Jónasson @Ragnarjo trs Victoria Cribb @victoriacribb @MichaelJBooks
Source: Review copyPublication: 30th April 2020 from Michael JosephPP: 320ISBN-13: 978-0718189075 1987. An isolated farm house in the east of Iceland.The snowstorm should have shut everybody out. But it didn’t.The couple should never have let him in. But they did.An unexpected guest, a liar, a killer. Not all will survive the night. And Detective HuldaContinue reading “The Mist by Ragnar Jónasson @Ragnarjo trs Victoria Cribb @victoriacribb @MichaelJBooks”
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