Icelandic noir

    We’re great fans of Icelandic noir. And great fans of Orenda Books, particularly those novels in translation, as we’ve waxed lyrical about on several occasions. We’re thus delighted that Ragnar Jónasson’s Winterfall, the final installment of the author’s hugely successful Dark Iceland series, doesn’t disappoint. It’s a chilling (in all senses), claustrophobic and … Continue readings →

Tags : Ari Thór Arason, Blackout, Dark Iceland series, Icelandic noir, Nightblind, Nordic Noir, Ragnar Jónasson, Rupture, Snowfall, Whiteout, Winterfall

    It’s surprisingly hard to come up with a good book title, one that’s not only attention grabbing, but shouts, ‘Hey [waggly hands], this is what I am!’, and sometimes going old school is the key. The Creak on the Stairs does just that and it doesn’t disappoint. The nod-to- the-crime classics’ title is … Continue readings →

Tags : Eva Björg Ægisdóttir, icelandic crime writers, Icelandic noir, Icelandic procedural novels, Orenda Books, Orenda crime, The Creak in the Stairs

The second book in Lilja Sigurðardóttir’s excellent Reykjavík Noir Trilogy, Trap opens with Sonja living in the States with her son, Tómas. When ex-husband Adam grabs their son, he forces Sonja to choose between giving up Tómas completely or returning to Iceland and the life she left behind. Enmeshed once again in Iceland’s drug trade, … Continue readings →

Tags : Arctic noir, Icelandic noir, Icelandic writers, Lilja Sigurðardóttir, Nordic Noir, Orenda Books, Reyjakvik Noir Trilogy, The Literary Lounge Q&A, Trap, women crime fiction writers

  Today, we’re delighted to welcome Icelandic writer Lilja Sigurðardóttir to The Literary Lounge. Her novel, Trap, the second instalment in the Reykjavik Noir Trilogy, is published in the UK by Orenda this month.     LS: Lilja, thanks so much for joining us. You’re a playwright as well as a crime-fiction writer: which came … Continue readings →

Tags : Arctic noir, drugs Iceland, Icelandic noir, Lilja Sigurðardóttir, Orenda Books 2018, Reyjakvik Noir Trilogy, The Literary Lounge Q&A, Trap