Vote for Your Favorite Icelandic Mystery Author
By Crime HQ
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Ragnar Jonasson
5 New Books to Read this Week: December 5, 2017
By Crime HQ
December 6, 2017Every Wednesday, we here at Criminal Element will put together a list of Staff Picks of the books that published the day before—sharing the ones that we are looking forward to reading the most! This week, the first book in a new series from Nora Roberts and the second Icelandic… Read more
Review: Nightblind by Ragnar Jonasson
By Kristin Centorcelli
December 5, 2017Chilling and complex, Nightblind by Ragnar Jonasson is an extraordinary thriller and the second book in the Dark Iceland series. Read Kristin Centorcelli's review of Nightblind, then make sure you're signed in and comment below for a chance to win a copy of Ragnar Jonasson's second Dark Iceland novel and… Read more
Ragnar Jonasson Excerpt: Nightblind
By Ragnar Jonasson
November 27, 2017Chilling and complex, Nightblind by Ragnar Jonasson is an extraordinary thriller and the second book in the Dark Iceland series (available December 5, 2017). Ari Thor Arason is a local policeman who has an uneasy relationship with the villagers in an idyllically quiet fishing village in Northern Iceland―where no one… Read more
5 New Police Procedurals to Heat Up Your Winter
By Carrie Smith
November 2, 2017Read Carrie Smith's exclusive guest post about her 5 favorite upcoming police procedurals, then make sure you're signed in and comment below for a chance to win a copy of her third Claire Codella Mystery, Unholy City! If you love to read police procedurals, you’re going to have many new titles… Read more
Ragnar Jonasson on His Dark Iceland Series
By Ragnar Jonasson
July 28, 2017Snowblind is set in the northernmost town in Iceland, Siglufjörður, close to the Arctic Circle and surrounded by high mountains and the sea. Siglufjörður is the town where my father grew up and where my grandparents lived. My family visited Siglufjörður every summer when I was growing up and we… Read more
“Campari Thorange” Cocktail
By Adam Wagner
January 27, 2017When you take a job as a local policeman in a small town in Northern Iceland like Ari Thor Arason, life can seem dull. But just because excitement isn't happening around you, that doesn't mean you can't make things exciting! So get the party started with this week's Pick Your… Read more
Review: Snowblind by Ragar Jonasson
By Debbie Meldrum
January 27, 2017Taut and terrifying, Snowblind is a startling debut from the extraordinary new talent Ragnar Jonasson (available January 31, 2017). Ari Thor Arason is about to finish his police training—the first study he’s completed after abandoning both philosophy and theology. He is offered a position as a policeman in a small… Read more
Snowblind: New Excerpt
By Ragnar Jonasson
January 23, 2017Taut and terrifying, Snowblind is a startling debut from the extraordinary new talent Ragnar Jonasson (available January 31, 2017). Where: A quiet fishing village in northern Iceland, where no one locks their doors. It is accessible only via a small mountain tunnel. Who: Ari Thor is a rookie policeman on… Read more
Introducing The Big Sleazy: A Collaborative Caper
By Crime HQ
November 15, 2016To help celebrate Bouchercon 2016, we teamed up with our pals over at Minotaur Books to help sponsor a collaborative short story penned by a huge collection of their fabulous authors. After nearly 3o authors and an impromptu roast of some of the Minotaur team members, the results were fantastic. But there's one… Read more