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""Chilling, creepy, perceptive, almost unbearably tense."" --Ian Rankin ""Ragnar does claustrophobia beautifully."" --Ann Cleeves ""Ragnar Jónasson writes with a chilling, poetic beauty."" --Peter James ""This is such a tense, gripping read."" --Anthony Horowitz ""A vivid cast of characters, whose fears, ambitions, rivalries and longings are movingly universal."" --Oprah magazine ""A world-class crime writer."" --Sunday Times ""Fans of dark crime fiction that doesn't pull punches will be amply rewarded."" --Publishers Weekly ""Nothing less than a landmark in modern crime fiction."" --Times ""This is Icelandic noir of the highest order, with Jónasson's atmospheric sense of place, and his heroine's unerring humanity shining from every page."" --Daily Mail ""Traditional and beautifully finessed."" --Independent ""Jónasson's true gift is for describing the daunting beauty of the fierce setting, lashed by blinding snowstorms that smother the village in ""a thick, white darkness"" that is strangely comforting."" --New York Times ""A chiller of a thriller."" -- Washington Post ""A classic crime story seen through a uniquely Icelandic lens. First rate and highly recommended."" --Lee Child ""Required reading."" --New York Post ""Puts a lively, sophisticated spin on the Agatha Christie model, taking it down intriguing dark alleys."" --Kirkus Reviews ""The best sort of gloomy storytelling."" --Chicago Tribune ""The prose is stark and minimal, the mood dank and frost-tipped. It's also bleakly brilliant."" --Metro ""Jónasson's books have breathed new life into Nordic noir."" --Express

Chilling, creepy, perceptive, almost unbearably tense. --Ian Rankin Ragnar does claustrophobia beautifully. --Ann Cleeves Ragnar Jonasson writes with a chilling, poetic beauty. --Peter James This is such a tense, gripping read. --Anthony Horowitz A vivid cast of characters, whose fears, ambitions, rivalries and longings are movingly universal. --Oprah magazine A world-class crime writer. --Sunday Times Fans of dark crime fiction that doesn't pull punches will be amply rewarded. --Publishers Weekly Nothing less than a landmark in modern crime fiction. --Times This is Icelandic noir of the highest order, with Jonasson's atmospheric sense of place, and his heroine's unerring humanity shining from every page. --Daily Mail Traditional and beautifully finessed. --Independent Jonasson's true gift is for describing the daunting beauty of the fierce setting, lashed by blinding snowstorms that smother the village in a thick, white darkness that is strangely comforting. --New York Times A chiller of a thriller. -- Washington Post A classic crime story seen through a uniquely Icelandic lens. First rate and highly recommended. --Lee Child Required reading. --New York Post Puts a lively, sophisticated spin on the Agatha Christie model, taking it down intriguing dark alleys. --Kirkus Reviews The best sort of gloomy storytelling. --Chicago Tribune The prose is stark and minimal, the mood dank and frost-tipped. It's also bleakly brilliant. --Metro Jonasson's books have breathed new life into Nordic noir. --Express

Chilling, creepy, perceptive, almost unbearably tense. --Ian Rankin Ragnar does claustrophobia beautifully. --Ann Cleeves Ragnar Jonasson writes with a chilling, poetic beauty. --Peter James This is such a tense, gripping read. --Anthony Horowitz Traditional and beautifully finessed. --Independent Jonasson's true gift is for describing the daunting beauty of the fierce setting, lashed by blinding snowstorms that smother the village in a thick, white darkness that is strangely comforting. --New York Times A chiller of a thriller. -- Washington Post A classic crime story seen through a uniquely Icelandic lens. First rate and highly recommended. --Lee Child Required reading. --New York Post Puts a lively, sophisticated spin on the Agatha Christie model, taking it down intriguing dark alleys. --Kirkus Reviews The best sort of gloomy storytelling. --Chicago Tribune The prose is stark and minimal, the mood dank and frost-tipped. It's also bleakly brilliant. --Metro Jonasson's books have breathed new life into Nordic noir. --Express This is Icelandic noir of the highest order, with Jonasson's atmospheric sense of place, and his heroine's unerring humanity shining from every page. --Daily Mail Nothing less than a landmark in modern crime fiction. --Times Fans of dark crime fiction that doesn't pull punches will be amply rewarded. --Publishers Weekly A world-class crime writer. --Sunday Times A vivid cast of characters, whose fears, ambitions, rivalries and longings are movingly universal. --Oprah magazine

"""Chilling, creepy, perceptive, almost unbearably tense."" --Ian Rankin ""Ragnar does claustrophobia beautifully."" --Ann Cleeves ""Ragnar Jónasson writes with a chilling, poetic beauty."" --Peter James ""This is such a tense, gripping read."" --Anthony Horowitz ""A vivid cast of characters, whose fears, ambitions, rivalries and longings are movingly universal."" --Oprah magazine ""A world-class crime writer."" --Sunday Times ""Fans of dark crime fiction that doesn't pull punches will be amply rewarded."" --Publishers Weekly ""Nothing less than a landmark in modern crime fiction."" --Times ""This is Icelandic noir of the highest order, with Jónasson's atmospheric sense of place, and his heroine's unerring humanity shining from every page."" --Daily Mail ""Traditional and beautifully finessed."" --Independent ""Jónasson's true gift is for describing the daunting beauty of the fierce setting, lashed by blinding snowstorms that smother the village in ""a thick, white darkness"" that is strangely comforting."" --New York Times ""A chiller of a thriller."" -- Washington Post ""A classic crime story seen through a uniquely Icelandic lens. First rate and highly recommended."" --Lee Child ""Required reading."" --New York Post ""Puts a lively, sophisticated spin on the Agatha Christie model, taking it down intriguing dark alleys."" --Kirkus Reviews ""The best sort of gloomy storytelling."" --Chicago Tribune ""The prose is stark and minimal, the mood dank and frost-tipped. It's also bleakly brilliant."" --Metro ""Jónasson's books have breathed new life into Nordic noir."" --Express"

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Icelandic crime writer Ragnar Jónasson was born in Reykjavík, and currently works as a lawyer, while teaching copyright law at the Reykjavík University Law School. In the past, he’s worked in TV and radio, including as a news reporter for the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service. Before embarking on a writing career, Ragnar translated fourteen Agatha Christie novels into Icelandic, and has had several short stories published in German, English and Icelandic literary magazines. Ragnar set up the first overseas chapter of the CWA (Crime Writers’ Association) in Reykjavík, and is co-founder of the International crime-writing festival Iceland Noir. Ragnar’s debut thriller, Snowblind became an almost instant bestseller when it was published in June 2015 with Nightblind (winner of the Dead Good Reads Most Captivating Crime in Translation Award) and then Blackout and Rupture following soon after. To date, Ragnar Jónasson has written five novels in the Dark Iceland series, which has been optioned for TV by On the Corner. He lives in Reykjavík with his wife and two daughters. Visit him on Twitter @ragnarjo or at ragnarjonasson.com David Warner translates from French and nurtures a healthy passion for Franco, Nordic and British crime fiction. Growing up in deepest Yorkshire, he developed incurable Francophilia at an early age. Emerging from Oxford with a Modern Languages degree he narrowly escaped the graduate rat race by hopping on a plane to Canada – and never looked back. More than a decade into a high-powered commercial translation career, he listened to his heart and turned his hand to the delicate art of literary translation. David has lived in France and Quebec, and now calls beautiful British Columbia home. Follow David on Twitter @givemeawave and on his website wtranslation.ca

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