Áróra returns to Iceland when her estranged sister goes missing, and her search leads to places she could never have imagined. A chilling, tense thriller – FIRST in an addictive, nerve-shattering new series – from one of Iceland's bestselling authors…'Icelandic crime writing at its finest … immersive and unnerving' Shari Lapena'Best-selling Icelandic crime-writer Sigurðardóttir has built a formidable reputation with just four novels, but he...

The ruthless businessman left to drown by the rising tide at the dock by Reykjavík’s Grótta lighthouse had never been short of enemies. The police have their suspect, and he calls in Stella Blómkvist to fight his corner as he furiously protests his innocence. Yet this angry fisherman had more reason than many to bear the dead man a grudge.It’s a busy summer for razor-tongued, no-nonsense lawyer Stella. A young woman looking for a long-lost parent finds more than she bargained for. ...

The smarter a place looks, the darker the secrets it hides.Guests at one of Reykjavík’s smartest hotels never know what happens behind the scenes –including what brings a group of down-and-outs to the Bristol Hotel every winter night while the rest of the world sleeps.When overworked supervisor Torfi finds himself given an unexpected promotion that comes with a respectable pay rise, he takes it as a lucky break – until he’s told to make a murder victim disa...

When a celebrated government official is found dead after his surprise birthday party, a young police officer uncovers a terrifying world of financial crime, sinister cults and disturbing secret lives. Icelandic politician Katrín Júlíusdóttir's award-winning debut – first in a breathtaking series…**Winner of the Blackbird Award for Best Icelandic Crime Debut**`A breathtaking thriller from one of Iceland's most exciting new voices' E...

'Nordic crime drama at its best!' - Amazon reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'It was galloping along at a rate of knots, I couldn't put it down' - Amazon reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'As chilling as an Icelandic winter' - Sharon Bolton---------------The discovery of a corpse washed up on a beach in an Icelandic backwater sparks a series of events that propels Sergeant Gunnhildur G****ísladóttir into deep waters . . ...

As a police team is called in to investigate a woman’s suicide at the Hólmsheiði prison outside Reykjavík, to detective Guðgeir Fransson it looks like a tragic but straightforward case.It’s only afterwards that the pieces begin to fall into place and he takes a deeper interest in Kristín Kjarr’s troubled background, and why she had found herself in prison.His search leads him to a series of brutal crimes committed twenty years before and the unexplained dis...

Áróra becomes involved in the search for an Icelandic woman who disappeared from her home while making dinner, as she continues to hunt for her missing sister. The second breathtaking instalment in the chilling, addictive An Áróra Investigation series…'Icelandic crime-writing at its finest … immersive and unnerving' Shari Lapena'Chilly and chilling … Lilja Sigurðardóttir's terrific investigator Áróra is back for another tense and thrilling ...

What does a woman do when her husband’s charged with the frenzied murder of her father and her best friend? She calls in Stella Blómkvist to to investigate – however unwelcome the truth could turn out to be.'Stella is a force of nature' – Mark Sanderson, The TimesSmart, ruthless and with a flexible moral code all of her own, razor-tongued lawyer Stella Blómkvist is also dealing with a desperate deathbed request to track down a young woman who vanis...

A retired, reclusive woman is found on a bitter winter morning, clubbed to death in Reykjavik's old graveyard.Detectives Guðgeir and Elsa Guðrún face one of their toughest cases yet, as they try to piece together the details of Arnhildur's austere life in her Red House in the oldest part of the city.Why was this solitary, private woman attending séances, and why was she determined to keep her severe financial difficulties so secret?Could the truth b...

It’s New Year and Iceland is still reeling from the effects of the financial crash when a notorious financier is found beaten to death after a high-profile reception at the President’s residence.The police are certain they have the killer – or do they? Determined to get to the truth, maverick lawyer Stella Blómkvist isn’t so sure.A stripper disappears from one of city's seediest nightspots, and nobody but Stella seems interested in finding her. A drug mule ...

Life was never going to be a bed of roses…Tony is a young man who has always been on the losing side in life. He was brought up by his troubled, alcoholic mother who had a past of her own as a talented ballerina, until a life-changing accident brought her dreams to a sudden end. As her own ambitions for fame and success were crushed, she used cruel and brutal methods to project them onto her young son – with devastating consequences.There’s no doub...

Get ALL THREE books in the electrifying, unputdownable Reykjavík Noir Trilogy in one GREAT-VALUE Box Set!A young, single mother is lured into cocaine smuggling to keep custody of her son, as she eludes customs officers and the police, and tries to escape the clutches of the kingpins in Lilja Sigurðardóttir's critically acclaimed, award-winning, international bestselling Reykjavík Noir Trilogy. A nerve-shredding, emotive Icelandic series by the co-writer of the Netf...