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The Dark Iceland Series: ALL SIX books in Ragnar Jónasson's international, multi-million-copy bestselling Dark Iceland series in one GREAT-VALUE Box Set!
Get ALL SIX books in Ragnar Jónasson's international, multi-million-copy bestselling Dark Iceland series in one GREAT-VALUE Box Set!
In the remote northern town of Siglufjörður, Icelandic police officer Ari Thór Arason is drawn into chilling murders and long-buried secrets that fracture a close-knit community.
'Chilling, creepy, perceptive, almost unbearably tense' Ian Rankin
'A modern Icelandic take on an Agatha Christie-style mystery' Ann Cleeves
'Jónasson's books have breathed new life into Nordic noir' Sunday Express
'Ragnar Jónasson writes with a chilling, poetic beauty' Peter James
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Snowblind (Book 1)
Ari Thór's first posting turns deadly when a young woman is found unconscious in the snow and a celebrated writer dies at the local theatre, while an avalanche cuts off the town.
Blackout (Book 2)
A man is brutally beaten on a summer night darkened by volcanic ash; Ari Thór and a young reporter uncover secrets someone is desperate to keep buried.
Rupture (Book 3)
A long-unsolved death on a deserted fjord resurfaces as a photograph raises new questions, and a missing child sparks panic in the quarantined town of Siglufjörður.
Whiteout (Book 4)
When a young woman is found dead below the cliffs of an abandoned village, Ari Thór uncovers a terrifying link to a mother and daughter's deaths decades earlier.
Nightblind (Book 5)
A police officer is murdered at point-blank range, and Ari Thór is pulled into tangled local rivalries and dark past crimes as the arctic winter deepens.
Winterkill (Book 6)
The death of a teenage girl on Siglufjörður's main street draws Ari Thór into his most dangerous case yet, as snow traps the town and even darker crimes come to light.
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'Traditional and beautifully finessed' Independent
'Outstanding … consummate crime writing' Publishers Weekly
'Icelandic noir of the highest order' Daily Mail
In the remote northern town of Siglufjörður, Icelandic police officer Ari Thór Arason is drawn into chilling murders and long-buried secrets that fracture a close-knit community.
'Chilling, creepy, perceptive, almost unbearably tense' Ian Rankin
'A modern Icelandic take on an Agatha Christie-style mystery' Ann Cleeves
'Jónasson's books have breathed new life into Nordic noir' Sunday Express
'Ragnar Jónasson writes with a chilling, poetic beauty' Peter James
_____
Snowblind (Book 1)
Ari Thór's first posting turns deadly when a young woman is found unconscious in the snow and a celebrated writer dies at the local theatre, while an avalanche cuts off the town.
Blackout (Book 2)
A man is brutally beaten on a summer night darkened by volcanic ash; Ari Thór and a young reporter uncover secrets someone is desperate to keep buried.
Rupture (Book 3)
A long-unsolved death on a deserted fjord resurfaces as a photograph raises new questions, and a missing child sparks panic in the quarantined town of Siglufjörður.
Whiteout (Book 4)
When a young woman is found dead below the cliffs of an abandoned village, Ari Thór uncovers a terrifying link to a mother and daughter's deaths decades earlier.
Nightblind (Book 5)
A police officer is murdered at point-blank range, and Ari Thór is pulled into tangled local rivalries and dark past crimes as the arctic winter deepens.
Winterkill (Book 6)
The death of a teenage girl on Siglufjörður's main street draws Ari Thór into his most dangerous case yet, as snow traps the town and even darker crimes come to light.
________
'Traditional and beautifully finessed' Independent
'Outstanding … consummate crime writing' Publishers Weekly
'Icelandic noir of the highest order' Daily Mail
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Published October 31, 2025
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About the author
Ragnar Jónasson
61 books4,037 followersRagnar Jonasson is author of the award winning and international bestselling Dark Iceland series.
His debut Snowblind, first in the Dark Iceland series, went to number one in the Amazon Kindle charts shortly after publication. The book was also a no. 1 Amazon Kindle bestseller in Australia. Snowblind has been a paperback bestseller in France.
Nightblind won the Dead Good Reader Award 2016 for Most Captivating Crime in Translation.
Snowblind was called a "classically crafted whodunit" by THE NEW YORK TIMES, and it was selected by The Independent as one of the best crime novels of 2015 in the UK.
Rights to the Dark Iceland series have been sold to UK, USA, France, Germany, Italy, Canada, Australia, Poland, Turkey, South Korea, Japan, Morocco, Portugal, Croatia, Armenia and Iceland.
Ragnar was born in Reykjavik, Iceland, where he works as a writer and a lawyer. He also teaches copyright law at Reykjavik University and has previously worked on radio and television, including as a TV-news reporter for the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service.
He is also the co-founder of the Reykjavik international crime writing festival Iceland Noir.
From the age of 17, Ragnar translated 14 Agatha Christie novels into Icelandic.
Ragnar has also had short stories published internationally, including in the distinguished Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine in the US, the first stories by an Icelandic author in that magazine.
He has appeared on festival panels worldwide, and lives in Reykjavik.
His debut Snowblind, first in the Dark Iceland series, went to number one in the Amazon Kindle charts shortly after publication. The book was also a no. 1 Amazon Kindle bestseller in Australia. Snowblind has been a paperback bestseller in France.
Nightblind won the Dead Good Reader Award 2016 for Most Captivating Crime in Translation.
Snowblind was called a "classically crafted whodunit" by THE NEW YORK TIMES, and it was selected by The Independent as one of the best crime novels of 2015 in the UK.
Rights to the Dark Iceland series have been sold to UK, USA, France, Germany, Italy, Canada, Australia, Poland, Turkey, South Korea, Japan, Morocco, Portugal, Croatia, Armenia and Iceland.
Ragnar was born in Reykjavik, Iceland, where he works as a writer and a lawyer. He also teaches copyright law at Reykjavik University and has previously worked on radio and television, including as a TV-news reporter for the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service.
He is also the co-founder of the Reykjavik international crime writing festival Iceland Noir.
From the age of 17, Ragnar translated 14 Agatha Christie novels into Icelandic.
Ragnar has also had short stories published internationally, including in the distinguished Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine in the US, the first stories by an Icelandic author in that magazine.
He has appeared on festival panels worldwide, and lives in Reykjavik.
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February 5, 2026
dark ice land series- great read
I Thoroughly enjoyed all 6 of these books. I would recommend them all highly. I binge read them one after the other!
I Thoroughly enjoyed all 6 of these books. I would recommend them all highly. I binge read them one after the other!
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