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Hulda Series

Book Review: The Mist by Ragnar Jonasson

By Ray Palen

July 8, 2020

Icelandic crime/thriller author Ragnar Jonasson completes his Hidden Iceland series with a tale so cold, dark, and sinister it will freeze the very blood in your veins to ice. For a small country of only 365,000 inhabitants, Jonasson’s novels would make you think that there is something dangerous cooking around every corner. The Mist is…

Marooned and in Peril: Five Crime Novels Set on Islands

By Edwin Hill

August 22, 2019

There’s something inherently interesting about a mystery set on an island. There are those that are set on small islands: ones that are remote, wind-swept, and hopefully facing a devastating storm. The threat of isolation without the possibility of outside assistance makes for great storytelling. Then there are the ones that explore those tiny close-knit…

Book Review: The Island by Ragnar Jonasson

By Ray Palen

May 31, 2019

Autumn of 1987 takes a young couple on a romantic trip in the Westfjords holiday—a trip that gets an unexpected ending and has catastrophic consequences. Ten years later, a small group of friends go for a weekend in an old hunting lodge in Elliðaey—a place completely cut off from the outside world—to reconnect. But one…

Crime By The Book’s Best Reads: April 2019

By Abby Endler

May 2, 2019

Hello again, reader! It’s officially spring, and I’m thrilled to spotlight these five Apirl books that you’re going to want to check out. When I’m not reading or writing about crime fiction as Crime by the Book, I can often be found perusing Criminal Element’s fantastic selection of crime book reviews and features.

The Island by Ragnar Jonasson: A Visual Guide

By Adam Wagner

April 12, 2019

The Island by Ragnar Jonasson is the second book in the Hulda series featuring Detective Inspector Hulda Hermannsdottir of the Reykjavik Police department—take a visual tour with GIFnotes! Autumn of 1987 takes a young couple on a romantic trip in the Westfjords holiday— A trip that gets an unexpected ending and has catastrophic consequences. Ten years later…

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