Snowblind
2010 • 300 pages

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"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 his girlfriend in Reykjavik--with a past that he's unable to leave behind. When a young woman is found lying half-naked in the snow, bleeding and unconscious, and a highly esteemed, elderly writer falls to his death in the local theater, Ari is dragged straight into the heart of a community where he can trust no one, and secrets and lies are a way of life. Past plays tag with the present and the claustrophobic tension mounts, while Ari is thrust ever deeper into his own darkness--blinded by snow, and with a killer on the loose. Taut and terrifying, Snowblind is a startling debut from an extraordinary new talent"--

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6 primary books

#1 in Dark Iceland

Dark Iceland is a 6-book series with 6 released primary works first released in 2010 with contributions by Ragnar Jónasson.

#1
Snowblind
#2
Nightblind
#3
Blackout
#4
Rupture
#5
Andköf

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#2 in Siglufjörður

Siglufjörður is a 5-book series with 5 released primary works first released in 2010 with contributions by Ragnar Jónasson.

#2
Snowblind
#3
Blackout
#4
Rupture
#5
Andköf
#6
Sigló

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Not the best of the Icelandic noir writers I have read, but I enjoyed this first novel enough that I will read the second. (My enjoyment was perhaps helped by that fact I have visited the Icelandic town where the tale is set - albeit in the Summer).

December 19, 2016

Onward to the next one!

July 20, 2022

DNF. I'll blame the translation, but passive voice killed this book for me.

November 18, 2018

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