Mystery Thriller Iceland

FreeFlow is a group of activists dedicated to freedom of information. They have evidence of a military atrocity in the Middle East and are preparing to unleash it. On the glacial rim of an erupting volcano, they christen their endeavour Operation Meltwater. Minutes later, one of them is murdered. Magnus Jonson has a long list of suspects but he’s getting little help - for a group dedicated to transparency, they’re a secretive bunch. But they are not the only ones with secrets. Asta, a newly qualified priest, has contacted FreeFlow with damning information about the former Bishop of Iceland.

Durante una brillante noche de verano, un hombre es brutalmente golpeado hasta la muerte a orillas de un tranquilo fiordo en el norte de Islandia. Cuando el sol de medianoche se transforma en oscuridad debido a una nube de cenizas proveniente de una erupción volcánica, la joven reportera Ísrún abandona Reikiavik para investigar el suceso por su cuenta.

On the shores of a tranquil fjord in Northern Iceland, a man is brutally beaten to death on a bright summer's night. As the 24-hour light of the arctic summer is transformed into darkness by an ash cloud from a recent volcanic eruption, a young reporter leaves Reykjavik to investigate on her own, unaware that an innocent person's life hangs in the balance. Dark, terrifying and complex, Blackout is an exceptional atmospheric thriller from one of Iceland's finest crime writers.

A grisly murder is committed at a health resort situated in a recently renovated farmhouse, which turns out to be notorious for being haunted. Attorney Thora Gudmundsdottir is called upon by the owner of the resort—the prime suspect in the case—to represent him. Her investigations uncover some very disturbing occurrences at the farm decades earlier—things that have never before seen the light of day....

Bodies are discovered in one of the excavated houses at a volcanic tourist attraction dubbed 'The Pompeii of the North'. Markus Magnusson, who was only a teenager when the volcano erupted, falls under suspicion and hires attorney Thora Gudmundsdottir to defend him—but when his childhood sweetheart is murdered, his case starts to look more difficult, and the locals seem oddly reluctant to back him up.

Oli and Magnus Jonson have spent decades trying to escape from the shadows of their past. Raised by their grandparents in Bjarnarhofn, a remote farmstead in Iceland, both brothers had to endure brutal violence at the hands of their grandfather. When Constable Pall Gylfason is called to investigate a suspected homicide in a remote farmstead, he is surprised to find Detective Magnus Jonson is already there.

It's 1955. Two young couples move to the uninhabited, isolated fjord of Hedinsfjordur. Their stay ends abruptly when one of the women meets her death in mysterious circumstances. The case is never solved. Fifty years later an old photograph comes to light, and it becomes clear that the couple may not have been alone on the fjord after all....

Ari Thor returns to investigate a chilling series of crimes that are rooted in tragic events from the past. Siglufjörður: an idyllically quiet fishing village on the northernmost tip of Iceland, accessible only via a small mountain tunnel. Ari Thór Arason: a local policeman whose tumultuous past and uneasy relationships with the villagers continue to haunt him.

Zwei Tage vor Weihnachten: Die Leiche einer jungen Frau wird unterhalb der Klippen im Norden Islands gefunden – genau an der Stelle, an der vor 25 Jahren ihre tote Mutter und ihre jüngere Schwester gelegen hatten. Als Ari, Polizist in Siglufjörður, den Tatort inspiziert, stellt sich bald die Frage: War es ein Unfall, oder wurde die junge Frau gestoßen? Was wissen die letzten verbliebenen Einwohner des Dorfes? Als Schneefall einsetzt, der Dorf und Klippen in einem unwirklichen Licht erscheinen lässt, kommt Ari einer unfassbaren Tragödie auf die Spur.

Ein abgelegener Bauernhof in einem schwer zugänglichen Seitental von Siglufjörður im Norden Islands: Dorthin verschlägt es in den 1950-er Jahren zwei Ehepaare. Doch nach nur wenigen Monaten stirbt eine der beiden Frauen unter rätselhaften Umständen. Sechzig Jahre später taucht ein Foto auf, das zeigt: Die vier waren damals nicht allein dort draußen. Ari, Polizist in Siglufjörður, findet viele Ungereimtheiten. Eine befreundete Journalistin aus Reykjavík, die selbst in einem komplizierten Fall von Kindesentführung und Mord recherchiert, hilft ihm bei der Suche.

Detective Inspector Hulda Hermannsdóttir is sent to the isolated island of Elliðaey to investigate and soon finds haunting similarities with a previous case - a young woman found murdered 10 years ago in the equally desolate Westfjords. Is there a patient killer stalking these barren outposts? As Hulda navigates a sinister game constructed of smoke and mirrors she is convinced that no one is telling the truth, including those closest to her.

When all contact is lost with two Icelanders working in a harsh and sparsely populated area on the northeast coast of Greenland, Thora is hired to investigate. Is there any connection with the woman who vanished from the site some months earlier? Why are the locals so hostile? And could one of the team staying at the site with Thora be responsible for the disappearances?

The light spilling in from the corridor would have to do. Though weak, it was sufficient to show Aldís a boy sitting in the gloom at the farthest table. He had his back to her, so she couldn't see who it was but could tell that he was one of the youngest. A chill ran down her spine when he spoke again without turning, as if he had eyes in the back of his head. 'Go away. Leave me alone.' 'Come on. You shouldn't be here.' Aldís spoke gently, fairly sure now that the boy must be delirious. Confused rather than dangerous.

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Das atemberaubende Finale der weltweit gefeierten Dark-Iceland-Reihe von Bestsellerautor Ragnar Jónasson. Ein gnadenloser Schneesturm, ein mysteriöser Todesfall und eine Wahrheit, die einen düsteren Schatten auf die nördlichste Stadt Islands wirft. Ari Arason, Polizeiinspektor im beschaulichen Siglufjörður, freut sich auf seinen dreijährigen Sohn, der die meiste Zeit bei Aris Exfreundin in Schweden wohnt. Obwohl sich ein Unwetter ankündigt, wollen sie die Ostertage als Familie zu dritt verbringen. Doch ein rätselhafter Todesfall nimmt Ari unerwartet in Anspruch.

It is 1971, the height of the Cold War and anti-American feeling among Icelanders is running high. When a teenager is found dead after a drunken night out, her clothes torn and face bruised, anger is directed towards the military personnel at the NATO air base at Keflavik who outnumber the local population. British Agent Bill Conran, invited by the Americans to uncover a Russian spy ring, comes to realise that this is no routine assignment. Unsure who can be trusted and targeted by an unknown assassin, he discovers that Iceland, for all its cold beauty, has never been hotter.

On a jagged, bleak lava field just outside Reykjavik stands the Gallows Rock. Once a place of execution, it is now a tourist attraction. Until this morning, when a man was found hanging from it. The nail embedded in his chest proves it wasn't suicide. But when the police go to his flat, a further puzzle awaits: a four-year-old boy has been left there. He doesn't seem to have any link with the victim, his parents cannot be found and his drawings show he witnessed something terrible.

Der fünfte Band der Dark-Iceland-Serie von SPIEGEL-Bestseller-Autor Ragnar Jónasson. Ein verlassenes Haus am Ortsrand von Siglufjörður: Einer der beiden örtlichen Polizisten wird mitten in der Nacht kaltblütig ermordet. Warum war er um diese Uhrzeit dort draußen? Seinen Kollegen Ari trifft dieser Fall besonders. Und mit seinen Ermittlungen scheint er schlafende Hunde zu wecken, haben in diesem kleinen Ort doch mehr Leute etwas zu verbergen, als Ari geahnt hat. Nach und nach eröffnet sich ihm die ganze Tragödie eines menschlichen Lebens...

1987. An isolated farm house in the east of Iceland. The snowstorm should have shut everybody out. But it didn't. The couple should never have let him in. But they did. An unexpected guest, a liar, a killer. Not all will survive the night. And Detective Hulda Hermannsdóttir will be haunted forever.

Carlos no está contento con su vida, pues nada parece funcionar bien. Su madre está muy enferma y siente que cada día es el último, su mejor amigo resulta ser un traidor, la carrera en la que está matriculado no le motiva y un accidente lo deja temporalmente en silla de ruedas. Así que decide cortar lazos con todo y dedicarse a su verdadera pasión: ser un hacker informático. Dado que dispone de todo el tiempo del mundo mientras se recupera del accidente, se convierte en el Tigre Solitario, el rey de Darknet, el internet de los delincuentes.