Blackout by Ragnar Jonasson Genre; (Icelandic) Crime 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 Reykajvik […]
The problem with Guðríður by Quentin Bates
Today’s post has been written by crime author and Icelandic translator Quentin Bates as part of his Thin Ice blog tour and is a fascinating insight into the language of the Icelanders as we all love to read Nordic crime we as crime fiction fans. You can read his First Draft Q&A Here. Quentin […]
Quentin Bates on Icelandic Crime Fiction – (Video)
Welcome to another in the bite-sized interviews. Today I have the pleasure of introducing Quentin Bates, a UK based author who has lived more than a decade in Iceland and has written several crime novels based in present-day Iceland. He has also translated Ragnar Jónasson’s, Snowblind. Because we talk about Icelandic crime fiction for the […]
What’s Your First Draft Like? – Ragnar Jonasson (Blog Tour Special!)
Today is a special What’s Your First Draft Like? Q&A as it is the starting post of Ragnar Jonasson’s blog tour to launch his debut English language release of Snowblind by Orenda Books. See below for further stops in the tour. Ragnar Jónasson is the Icelandic writer of the Northern Iceland Crime Series set around […]
What's Your First Draft Like? – Ragnar Jonasson (Blog Tour Special!)
Today is a special What’s Your First Draft Like? Q&A as it is the starting post of Ragnar Jonasson’s blog tour to launch his debut English language release of Snowblind by Orenda Books. See below for further stops in the tour. Ragnar Jónasson is the Icelandic writer of the Northern Iceland Crime Series set around […]
February Crime Book Club
Last night’s book club didn’t go quite as planned. Some members had difficulties attending due to life arrangements getting in the way – time zones make this an ongoing issue. And there seemed to be a glitch with Google Hangouts last night as Mel got kicked out and then struggled to get back in and […]