Book Preview Prologue February 1988 Hulda Hermannsdóttir opened her eyes. So heavy and unrelenting was the sense of lethargy weighing her down that she felt as if she’d been drugged. She could have gone on sleeping all day, even here in her hard chair. It was just as well that, as a detective, she merited … Read more
Book Preview Special thanks are due to my guides, Sigurður Kristján Sigurðsson from the Westman Islands and Sara Dögg Ásgeirsdóttir, for showing me around and providing me with information about Elliðaey. I would also like to thank prosecutor Hulda María Stefánsdóttir for her assistance with police procedure. Last but not least, grateful thanks … Read more
Book Preview Una awoke with a jerk. She opened her eyes but couldn’t see a thing for the darkness pressing in all around her. For a panicky moment she couldn’t work out where she was, though she had the feeling she was in a strange place, not in her own bed. She stiffened with fear. … Read more
Book Preview Acknowledgments Special thanks are due to Haukur Eggertsson for his advice on expeditions to the highlands and interior, and to prosecutor Hulda María Stefánsdóttir for her assistance with police procedure. Special thanks are due to Haukur Eggertsson for his advice on expeditions to the highlands and interior, and to prosecutor Hulda María Stefánsdóttir … Read more
Book Preview PRAISE FOR SNOWBLIND ‘Ragnar Jónasson writes with a chilling, poetic beauty – a must-read addition to the growing canon of Iceland Noir’ Peter James ‘Seductive … an old-fashioned murder mystery with a strong central character and the fascinating background of a small Icelandic town cut off by snow. Ragnar does claustrophobia beautifully’ … Read more