And in a country with a population of just 300, 000 souls, in a country where everyone knows everybody, it isn't hard to draw up a list of exactly who is responsible. The currency has been devalued, banks nationalized, savings annihilated, lives ruined. The consequences will haunt them and their families for generations.
Iceland 2009: the credit crunch bites. International thriller writing at its best, page turning suspense and a great, fine characters, fresh location. Peter james, #1 international bestselling author of dead man's GripIn Iceland, revenge is best served at arctic temperatures…Iceland 1934: Two boys playing in the lava fields that surround their isolated farmsteads see something they shouldn't have.
And then, one-by-one, to cross them off. Grassroots revolution is in the air, as is the feeling that someone ought to pay.
Meltwater Magnus Iceland Mystery Book 3
Her involvement with FreeFlow will cost her dear. And with the return of magnus's brother Ollie to Iceland, the feud that has haunted their family for three generations is about to reignite. Operation meltwater: freeflow, a group of internet activists committed to the freedom of information, have video evidence of a military atrocity in the Middle East and have chosen Iceland as their HQ while they prepare to unleash their greatest coup on the world's media.
Minutes later, in the steam and mist, one of them is murdered. Magnus jonson has a long list of suspects, but he's getting precious little help from FreeFlow—for an organization dedicated to the transparency of information, they're a secretive bunch.
Sea of Stone Magnus Iceland Mystery Book 4
Magnus identifies the dead man as his estranged grandfather. Now, two decades later, the past has returned to haunt them. Raised by their grandparents in Bjarnarhöfn, a remote farmstead in Iceland, both brothers had to endure brutal violence at the hands of their grandfather. Before long, Magnus is arrested for the murder of his grandfather.
As páll begins to review the crime scene it becomes apparent that forensic evidence has been tampered with and that Magnus' version of events doesn't add up. What unfolds is a tale of familial ties and bloodthirsty vengeance, of isolated communities scarred by the tragedies of the past—and of a final, painful reckoning.
When constable páll gylfason gets a dispatch call to investigate a suspected homicide in a remote farmstead, he is surprised to find that Detective Jonson is already at the scene.
Where the Shadows Lie Magnus Iceland Mystery
Something that will cost Professor Agnar Haraldsson his life. A rediscovered saga alone would be worth a fortune, but, if the rumors can be believed, there is something much more valuable about this one. Untangling murder from myth is Iceland-born, Boston-raised homicide detective Magnus Jonson. Binding iceland's landscape and history, and superstitions in a strikingly original plot that will span several volumes, secrets, Where the Shadows Lie is the first in a thrilling new series from an established master.
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Edge of Nowhere: Fire & Ice Short Story A Magnus Iceland Mystery
Ringed by steep mountains, this bleak village is cut off from the rest of Iceland and from the modern world. This is international thriller writing at its best, fine characters, page turning suspense and a great, fresh location. Peter jamesan atmospheric novella set in the remote north of iceland, featuring lone-wolf police sergeant Magnus RagnarssonIceland, midwinter: the days are fleeting, the nights endless and sergeant Magnus Jonson has been sent to an isolated fishing village in the West Fjords to investigate the possible homicide of a road construction worker.
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The Wanderer: A Magnus Iceland Mystery
This is international thriller writing at its best. Peter jamesdid christopher columbus know the icelanders discovered america before he sailed there himself?When a young Italian tourist is found brutally murdered at a sacred church in northern Iceland, newly returned to the Reykjavík police force, Magnus Jonson, is called in to investigate.
From the million-copy bestselling author, perfect for fans of Stieg Larsson, Anne Holt, and The Killing. Michael ridpath is trouncing the Scandinavians on their home turf.
The Polar Bear Killing: An atmospheric novella set in the remote north of Iceland, from the author of the chilling Fire & Ice crime series and featuring ... Ragnarsson A Magnus Iceland Mystery
Was halldór a hero for killing the bear, and when days later the dead body of Halldór is discovered at a remote beauty spot, or should the animal have been protected? Animal rights activists in the area see the constable as a villain, the activists are immediately under suspicion. As sergeant magnus ragnarsson and his colleague Detective Vigdís Audardótti begin to investigate the policeman's murder, they soon discover that things are not as clear-cut as might first appear.
This is international thriller writing at its best, page turning suspense and a great, fine characters, fresh location. Peter jameswhen a polar bear is sighted in a sleepy Icelandic fishing village, then shot dead by local policeman Constable Halldór, it triggers a debate in the local community.
Amnesia
He wakes up in hospital having fallen and hit his head, inducing almost total amnesia. In his cottage Clemence finds a manuscript. Atmospheric, sinuous and elegant, Amnesia demonstrates Ridpath’s special talent. She reads the short prologue: it describes a murder by someone who is clearly the old doctor. Daily Mail.
The victim is Clemence’s French grandmother, Sophie. The first line shocks her:it was a warm, still night and the cry of a tawny owl swirled through the birch trees by the loch, when I killed the only woman I have ever loved. Clemence decides to read the book to the old doctor as it describes how he and his friends met Sophie in Paris in 1935.
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MOURNING IN MALMÖ: THE SEVENTH INSPECTOR ANITA SUNDSTRÖM MYSTERY THE MALMÖ MYSTERIES Book 7
At the same time, anita’s also involved in an investigation into the murder of a prominent member of Malmö’s Pakistani community. She soon finds herself entering very dangerous waters that sweep her to Tallin, Stockholm and Oxford in search of answers that will finally give her closure in the seventh of the best-selling series of Anita Sundström crime mysteries.
The case sparks off a renewed interest in the death of her father, who was lost in the 1994 MS Estonia ferry disaster.
Inside the Bear's Cage: Crime and Punishment in the Arctic Greenland Crime Book 4
Retired greenlandic police Constable David Maratse is sentenced to two years imprisonment for committing a serious crime, under extenuating circumstances. Imprisoned in denmark, far from the land, Maratse struggles to adapt, the life and the woman he loves. But when his partner’s mental health deteriorates, Maratse agrees to assist a Danish Detective investigating prison corruption in return for a reduced sentence.
To build the detective’s case Maratse enters the shadowy world of prison hierarchy and politics.
Rupture: An Ari Thor Thriller The Dark Iceland Series Book 4
. Hailed for combining the darkness of Nordic Noir with classic mystery writing, atmospheric, author Ragnar Jonasson’s books are haunting, and complex. Rupture, the latest ari thór thriller, delivers another dark mystery that is chillingly stunning with its complexity and fluidity. Young policeman ari thór tries to solve a 50-year-old murder when new evidence surfaces.
Things take a sinister turn when a child goes missing in broad daylight. But the case proves difficult in a town where no one wants to know the truth, where secrets are a way of life.