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Five Crime Fiction Books set in Iceland

  • Submitted: 18th December 2023

Books set in Iceland

With Jolabokaflod almost upon us,  let’s head to Iceland via books and find some books set there so you can celebrate this most wonderful of Icelandic traditions!

This tradition sees people exchange books and give books but most importantly READ books on Christmas Eve…

Books set in Iceland

Five Crime Fiction Books set in Iceland

Reykjavik Ragnar Jonasson and Katrin JakobsdottirReykjavik – by Ragnar Jonasson and katrin-jakobsdottir

Written by a top writer and the PM of Iceland

Missing girl

Cold Case

Set on an island

 

 

 

Silenced Solveig Palsdottir

Solveig Palsdottir

Silenced by Sólveig Pálsdóttir

A woman is suspected of commiting suicide at a prison outside Reykjavík

A case linked to a series of crimes 20 years ago.

The Reykjavík police struggle to deal with a spate of  copycat killings

 

 

 

 

 

The Girl Who Died Ragnar JónassonThe Girl Who Died –  Ragnar Jonasson

A woman moves countries on the promise of a job

The the tiny village of Skálar is said to be ‘ on the edge of the world’

A creaky attic bedroom and singing coming from nowhere

Unfriendly locals

 

 

 

 

The Legacy Yrsa SigadardottirThe Legacy Yrsa Sigurdardottir

Set in Reykjavík

A woman is attacked. A  list of numbers found at the scene.

Child psychologist Freyja  features

 

 

 

 

 

Red as Blood Lilja SigurdardottirRed as Blood Lilja Sigurdardóttir

A man returns home to find his wife gone and his house ransacked

He has to pay a ransom and not call the police otherwise he will be killed

Another woman missing

Second book in a series

 

 

 

 

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