Front cover of Snowblind: 10th Anniversary Edition by Larissa Kyzer, hardback

Snowblind: 10th Anniversary Edition : The Iconic Nordic Noir Bestseller in a 10th Anniversary edition, including NEW Dark Iceland series mystery, FADEOUT - Ragnar Jonasson

Ragnar Jonasson

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  • Pages · 340 pages
  • Publication Date · 23/10/2025
  • Genre · Crime & mystery
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Ragnar J�nasson's seminal, multi-million-copy bestselling mystery,�Snowblind,�celebrates its tenth anniversary, including a never-before-published Ari�Th�r�prequel,�Fadeout. �***Introduction by Anthony Horowitz******FIRST NEW Dark Iceland mystery since 2020***�The blizzard returns.�`A modern Icelandic take on an Agatha Christie-style mystery, as twisty as any slalom.'�Ian Rankin�`Ragnar J�nasson writes with a chilling, poetic beauty'�Peter James�`Seductive . Ragnar does claustrophobia beautifully'�Ann Cleeves�`A classic crime story seen through a uniquely Icelandic lens. First rate and highly recommended'�Lee Child�***More than 5 million copies sold worldwide***�_____�SNOWBLIND�Siglufj�rdur:�an idyllically quiet fishing village in Northern Iceland, where no one locks their doors - accessible only via a small mountain tunnel. Ari Th�r Arason: a rookie policeman on his first posting, far from his girlfriend in Reykjavik - with a past that he's unable to leave behind. When a young woman is found lying half-naked in the snow, bleeding and unconscious, and a highly esteemed, elderly writer falls to his death in the local theatre, Ari is dragged straight into the heart of a community where he can trust no one, and secrets and lies are a way of life. �An avalanche and unremitting snowstorms close the mountain pass, and the 24-hour darkness threatens to push Ari over the edge, as curtains begin to twitch, and his investigation becomes increasingly complex, chilling and personal. Past plays tag with the present and the claustrophobic tension mounts, while Ari is thrust ever deeper into his own darkness - blinded by snow, and with a killer on the loose. �Taut and terrifying,�Snowblind�is a startling debut from an extraordinary new talent, taking Nordic Noir to soaring new heights. �FADEOUT -�NEW!When Ari Th�r Arason receives a staggeringly high bill for a foreign credit card that was taken out in his name, his life takes a turn he never anticipated. The bill in question belongs to his namesake - his father, who disappeared under mysterious circumstances when Ari was only a child. �Seeking answers, Ari Th�r travels to London to investigate, hoping to learn the truth about what happened to his father all those years ago, and discovering far more than he could ever have imagined.�--------�'His first novel to be translated into English has all the skilful plotting of an old-fashioned whodunnit although it feels bitingly contemporary in setting and tone'�Sunday Express�'A chiller of a thriller'�Washington Post�'Required reading'�New York Post�'This classically crafted whodunit holds up nicely, but Jonasson's true gift is for describing the daunting beauty of the fierce setting, lashed by blinding snowstorms that smother the village in "a thick, white darkness" that is strangely comforting'�New York Times�'Morally more equivocal than most traditional whodunnits, and it offers alluring glimpses of darker, and infinitely more threatening horizons'�Independent�'A stunning murder mystery by one of Iceland's finest writers'�Yrsa Sigurdard�ttir�'There is a young pretender beavering away, his eye on the crown: Ragnar J�nasson.'�Barry Forshaw�'As dazzling as its title implies'�William Ryan�'An isolated community, subtle clueing, clever mis-direction and more than a few surprises combine to give a modern day Golden Age whodunnit. I look forward to the next in the series'�Dr John Curran�'The best sort of gloomy storytelling'�Chicago Tribune�'The prose is stark and minimal . bleakly brilliant'�Metro�'A chilling, thrilling slice of Icelandic Noir'�Thomas Enger

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