Travel Destination: Iceland
Snow blind by Ragnar Jónasson
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 friends, family, and with a past he can’t leave behind.
An avalanche and unremitting snowstorms close the mountain pass, and the 24-hour darkness threatens to push Ari over the edge, as curtains begin to twitch, and a killer on the loose. His investigation becomes increasingly complex, chilling and personal.
Seidman by James Erich
In Viking Age Iceland, where boys are expected to grow into strong farmers and skilled warriors, there is little place for a sickly twelve-year-old boy like Kol until he catches the eye of a seio-woman-a sorceress-and becomes her apprentice.
Kol's new life takes him across the Norse lands, he finds that a new religion is sweeping through them, and King Olaf Tryggvason is hunting down and executing sorcerers. Kol soon finds himself cast adrift with only the cryptic messages of an ancient goddess to guide him to his destiny-and possibly to his death.
Can’t Run, Can’t Hide by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir
On a cold winter evening in a secluded fjord in Iceland, a neighbour visits the house of a family that has not been seen in a week. No one comes to the door when he knocks. After breaking down the back door, his worst fears are realised. Their home is now an horrific crime scene.
Policemen Týr and Karó and forensic pathologist Iðunn are called to investigate. As the case advances, harrowing secrets about the family are revealed, as well as much darker crimes.
Burial Rights by Hannah Kent
Agnes is sent to a isolated farm to await execution, charged with the crime of brutally murdering her former master.
Horrified at the prospect of housing a convicted murderer, the family at first avoids Agnes. Only Tóti, a priest Agnes has mysteriously chosen to be her spiritual guardian, seeks to understand her. But as Agnes’s death looms, the farmer’s wife and their daughters learn there is another side to the sensational story they’ve heard.
Last Rituals by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir
At a university in Reykjavík, the body of a young German student is discovered, his eyes cut out and strange symbols carved into his chest. Police waste no time in making an arrest, but the victim's family isn't convinced that the right man is in custody.
They ask Thóra Guðmundsdóttir, an attorney to investigate. It isn't long before Thóra and her associate, Matthew Reich, uncover the deceased student's obsession with Iceland's grisly history of torture, execution, and witch hunts.
