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Easter weekend is approaching, and snow is gently falling in Siglufjörður, the northernmost town in Iceland. Ari Thór Arason is now a police inspector, but he’s separated from his girlfriend, who lives in Sweden with their three-year-old son. A family reunion is planned for the holiday, but a violent blizzard is threatening and there is an unsettling chill in the air. Three days before Easter, a 19-year-old local girl falls to her death from the balcony of a house on the main street. A perplexing entry in her diary suggests that this may not be an accident.

Two days before Christmas, a young woman is found dead beneath the cliffs of the deserted village of Kalfshamarvik. Did she jump, or did something more sinister take place beneath the lighthouse and the abandoned old house on the remote rocky outcrop? With winter closing in and the snow falling relentlessly, Ari Thor Arason discovers that the victim's mother and young sister also lost their lives in this same spot, 25 years earlier....

Siglufjörður: an idyllically quiet fishing village in Northern Iceland, where no one locks their doors – accessible only via a small mountain tunnel. Ari Thór Arason: a rookie policeman on his first posting, far from his girlfriend in Reykjavik – with a past that he's unable to leave behind. When a young woman is found lying half-naked in the snow, bleeding and unconscious, and a highly esteemed, elderly writer falls to his death in the local theatre, Ari is dragged straight into the heart of a community where he can trust no one, and secrets and lies are a way of life.

Brought to you by Penguin. The final nail-biting instalment in the critically acclaimed Hidden Iceland series - FROM THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR 'A world-class crime writer . . . One of the most astonishing plots of modern crime fiction' Sunday Times 'It is nothing less than a landmark...

It's 1955. Two young couples move to the uninhabited, isolated fjord of Hedinsfjordur. Their stay ends abruptly when one of the women meets her death in mysterious circumstances. The case is never solved. Fifty years later an old photograph comes to light, and it becomes clear that the couple may not have been alone on the fjord after all....

Brought to you by Penguin. What happened to Lara? Iceland, 1956. Fifteen-year-old Lára spends the summer working for a couple on the small island of Videy, just off the coast of Reykjavík. In early August, the girl disappears without a trace. The mystery becomes Iceland's greatest unsolved...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Island by Ragnar Jónasson, read by Amanda Redman. Four friends visit the island. But only three return . . . Detective Inspector Hulda Hermannsdóttir is sent to the isolated island of Elliðaey to investigate and soon finds haunting similarities...

Ari Thor returns to investigate a chilling series of crimes that are rooted in tragic events from the past. Siglufjörður: an idyllically quiet fishing village on the northernmost tip of Iceland, accessible only via a small mountain tunnel. Ari Thór Arason: a local policeman whose tumultuous past and uneasy relationships with the villagers continue to haunt him.

On the shores of a tranquil fjord in Northern Iceland, a man is brutally beaten to death on a bright summer's night. As the 24-hour light of the arctic summer is transformed into darkness by an ash cloud from a recent volcanic eruption, a young reporter leaves Reykjavik to investigate on her own, unaware that an innocent person's life hangs in the balance. Dark, terrifying and complex, Blackout is an exceptional atmospheric thriller from one of Iceland's finest crime writers.

Brought to you by Penguin. THE NAIL-BITING NEW STORY FROM THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR '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, stricken with thoughts...

Brought to you by Penguin. AN OLD SANATORIUM. ONE TERRIFYING MURDER. FOUR SUSPECTS. AND A CASE THAT NEVER CLOSED... 'ONE OF THE FINEST CRIME WRITERS IN THE WORLD TODAY' DAILY MAIL WELCOME TO THE SANATORIUM High up in the mountains stands a sanatorium. Once a hospital dedicated to treating...

Brought to you by Penguin. One winter evening bestselling crime author, Elín S. Jónsdóttir goes missing. There are no clues to her disappearance and it is up to young detective, Helgi, to crack the case before it's leaked to the press. As he interviews the people closest to her – a...

Brought to you by Penguin. The audiobook edition of The Darkness by Ragnar Jonasson, read by Amanda Redman. Before Detective Inspector Hulda Hermannsdóttir of the Reykjavik Police is forced into early retirement she is told to investigate a cold case of her choice, and she knows just the one. A...

Brought to you by Penguin. Four friends. One night. Not everyone will come out alive . . . The gripping stand-alone mystery from 'world-class crime writer' Ragnar Jónasson In a deadly Icelandic snowstorm, four friends seek shelter in an abandoned hunting lodge. Miles from help, and knowing they...

Winter in einem abgelegenen Fischerdörfchen im Norden von Island. Eine junge Frau liegt blutend und bewusstlos im Schnee. Dann kommt ein alter Schriftsteller durch einen Sturz im Theater ums Leben. Ari, der neue Polizist im Ort, erkennt schnell, dass er erst die Verbrechen der Vergangenheit aufklären muss, um die Fälle der Gegenwart lösen zu können. Doch niemand will ihm helfen – und er kann niemandem trauen.

Brought to you by Penguin. THE NEXT GRIPPING MYSTERY FROM 'NEXT-GEN NORDIC STAR' (LA TIMES) AND SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR, RAGNAR JONASSON As snow blankets Reykjavík and Christmas approaches, young detective Helgi is looking forward to a quiet holiday - until those plans are torn away in...

Hulda Hermannsdottir, Kommissarin bei der Polizei Reykjavik, soll frühzeitig in Ruhestand gehen, um Platz für einen jüngeren Kollegen zu machen. Sie darf sich einen letzten Fall, einen Cold Case, aussuchen - und sie weiß sofort, für welchen sie sich entscheidet: eine junge Frau, tot an der isländischen Küste aufgefunden, angeblich Selbstmord. Was Hulda entdeckt, ist düsterer als sie sich vorgestellt hatte. Als sogar ihre Kollegen beginnen, ihre Ermittlungen zu durchkreuzen, bleiben Hulda nur noch wenige Tage, um endlich die Wahrheit ans Licht zu bringen.

Août 1956, une jeune adolescente de quinze ans disparaît sans laisser de traces sur une petite île au large de Reykjavík. Trente ans plus tard, l’Islande n’est plus la petite nation timide de l’après-guerre et se prépare à recevoir un grand sommet réunissant les USA et l’Union soviétique. Mais aucun Islandais n’a oublié cette énigme, jamais résolue. Alors que Reykjavík s’apprête à fêter son 200e anniversaire, une jeune journaliste décide de remonter aux sources de cette mystérieuse affaire – aux conséquences imprévisibles.

Quatre amis. Une nuit. Tout le monde n'en sortira pas vivant… Au milieu de nulle part, en Islande, il n'y a aucun moyen de communiquer avec le monde extérieur. Les quatre amis se retrouvent isolés, certes, mais ils ne sont pas seuls.

Ein einsames Haus, ein unaufhaltsamer Schneesturm, ein verhängnisvoller Besuch - Teil 3 der der spannenden Thriller-Trilogie um Kommissarin Hulda. Kurz vor Weihnachten, inmitten eines Schneesturms, klopft es plötzlich an der Tür eines abgelegenen Bauernhauses. Das dort lebende Paar sieht sich konfrontiert mit einem Fremden, der schon bald in Erklärungsnot gerät. Ist der unerwartete Gast nicht nur ein Lügner, sondern auch ein Mörder? Die Handlung spielt zehn Jahre vor INSEL und deckt die ganze Wahrheit um Huldas Schicksal und den Tod ihres Mannes auf.