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Last rituals Last rituals Yrsa Sigurdardottir The spellbinding debut and international sensation being published in thirty countries featuring Thóra Gudmundsdóttir, a smart, sexy lawyer and investigator whose hunt for a modern murderer points to… OL12304311W
Escape from the evil prophecy Escape from the evil prophecy Lee Kingman A brother and sister in eleventh-century Iceland try to escape the prophecy of a sorceress. OL15857568W
Frozen assets Frozen assets Quentin Bates Officer Gunnhildur investigates the discovery of a body in an Icelandic fishing village and uncovers a web of political intrigue and corruption. OL15975781W
Where the shadows lie Where the shadows lie Michael Ridpath On loan to the Icelandic Police Force, former Boston detective Magnus Jonson is forced to confront difficult truths about his father's murder while investigating rumors about a priceless ancient manu… OL16126056W
The worst thing The worst thing Aaron J. Elkins "Aaron Elkins has been hailed as "a master" (The Dallas Morning News) for his Edgarʼ Award-winning Gideon Oliver mysteries. Now, in an original new novel, he illustrates how quickly everything can go… OL16163382W
Arctic chill Arctic chill Arnaldur Indriðason "On an icy January day the Reykjavik police are called to a block of flats where a body has been found in the garden: a young, dark-skinned boy, frozen to the ground in a pool of his own blood. The d… OL16989867W
Reykjavík Nights Reykjavík Nights Arnaldur Indriðason Erlendur has recently joined the police force as a young officer and immediately sinks into the darkness of Reykjavik's underworld. Working nights, he discovers the city is full of car crashes, robbe… OL17359879W
Ranger in time Ranger in time Kate Messner,Kelley McMorris In this adventure, he goes to Viking age Iceland, which proves to be tough terrain for Ranger to navigate. Usually it's Ranger's job to save the day before he can return to his family, but he meets a… OL17787457W
Boy on the edge Boy on the edge Friðrik Erlingsson "Henry has a clubfoot and he is the target of relentless bullying. One day, in a violent fit of anger, Henry lashes out at the only family he has-- his mother. Sent to live with other troubled boys a… OL17835895W
My soul to take My soul to take Yrsa Sigurdardottir In the aftermath of a young woman's murder at a farmhouse-turned-health resort, lawyer Thora finds the investigation complicated by a rumor that the site is haunted, a concept that takes a toll on Th… OL18165215W
The last words of Will Wolfkin The last words of Will Wolfkin Steven Knight Fourteen-year-old Toby, paralyzed since birth and raised in a convent, suddenly finds himself capable of movement and speech when his long-time companion, a cat, takes him on a magical and mysterious… OL18665385W
Chilled to the bone Chilled to the bone Quentin Bates "When Sergeant Gunnhildur Giacute;sladottir of the local police force is called in to investigate the death of a man found tied to a bed in one of Reykjaviacutek's nicest hotels, she finds no sign of… OL19710211W
The darkness The darkness Ragnar Jónasson "Spanning the icy streets of Reykjavik, the Icelandic highlands and cold, isolated fjords, The Darkness is an atmospheric thriller from Ragnar Jonasson, one of the most exciting names in Nordic Noir.… OL19761120W
Black skies Black skies Arnaldur Indriðason A man is making a crude leather mask with slits for eyes and mouth, and an iron spike fixed in the middle of the forehead. It is a 'death mask', once used by Icelandic farmers to slaughter calves. He… OL19968141W
I remember you I remember you Yrsa Sigurdardottir "International superstar Yrsa Sigurdardottir has captivated the attention of readers around the world with her mystery series featuring attorney Thora Gudmundsdottir. Now, Yrsa will stun readers once… OL19975824W
Strange shores Strange shores Arnaldur Indriðason "[B]egins when a young woman disappears from the frozen fjords of Iceland. In her wake, this woman has left a tempest of lies, betrayal and revenge. Decades later, somewhere in the same wilderness, D… OL19982035W
Moonstone Moonstone Sjón,SJÓN Reykjavik, 1918. The eruptions of the Katla volcano darken the sky night and day. Yet despite the natural disaster, the shortage of coal and the Great War still raging in the outside world, life in t… OL20035196W
Snowblind Snowblind 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 … OL20045913W
A climate of fear A climate of fear Fred Vargas "A woman is found murdered in her bathtub, and the murder has been made to look like a suicide. But a strange symbol found at the crime scene leads the local police to call Commissaire Adamsberg and … OL20050173W
Sea of stone Sea of stone Michael Ridpath Oli and Magnus Jonson have spent years trying to escape from the shadows of their past. Raised by their grandparents in Bjarnarhöfn, a remote farmstead in Iceland, the brothers had to endure brutal v… OL20828626W
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