Ragnar Jónasson

A sinister twisted tragedy

If Iceland missed out on the Golden Age of crime writing, the country - and Jonasson - is certainly making up for it now

Outstanding... Series fans will be sorry to see the last of Ari Thór

Jonasson's Dark Iceland novels are instant classics

Jónasson's punchy, straightforward prose is engrossing... A diverting mystery

Chilling, creepy, perceptive, almost unbearably tense

A tense, gripping read

Icelandic noir of the highest order, with Jónasson's atmospheric sense of place, and his heroine's unerring humanity shining from every page

Ragnar Jónasson writes with a chilling, poetic beauty

Traditional and beautifully finessed

Jónasson's true gift is for describing the daunting beauty of the fierce setting

A chiller of a thriller

Jónasson's books have breathed new life into Nordic noir

A distinctive blend of Nordic noir and golden age detective fiction... atmospheric and evocative prose

Jonasson's books have breathed new life into Nordic noir... all the skilful plotting of an old-fashioned whodunit although it feels bitingly contemporary in setting and tone

His clues are traditional and beautifully finessed - and he keeps you turning the pages