Snowblind: A Thriller

Ragnar Jónasson

St. Martin's Publishing Group, Jan 31, 2017 - Fiction - 320 pages

Taut and terrifying, Snowblind is a startling debut from Ragnar Jónasson, an extraordinary new talent.

Where: An isolated fishing village in the fjords of northern Iceland, where no one locks their doors.

Who: Ari Thór is a rookie policeman on his first posting, far from his girlfriend in Reykjavík.

What: A young woman is found lying half naked in the snow, bleeding and unconscious, and a highly esteemed elderly writer falls to his death. 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.

*BONUS CONTENT: This edition of Snowblind includes a new introduction from the author and a discussion guide

About the author

RAGNAR JÓNASSON is an international number one bestselling author who has sold over three million books in thirty-six countries worldwide. His books include the Dark Iceland series and the Hulda series. Jónasson was born in Reykjavik, Iceland, where he also works as an investment banker and teaches copyright law at Reykjavik University. He has previously worked on radio and television, including as a TV news reporter for the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service, and, since the age of seventeen, has translated fourteen of Agatha Christie's novels. Jónasson is the co-founder of the Reykjavik international crime writing festival Iceland Noir. His critically acclaimed international bestseller The Darkness is soon to be a major TV series, and Outside is soon to be a feature film. Jónasson lives in Reykjavik with his wife and two daughters.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Snowblind: A Thriller; Volume 1 of The Dark Iceland Series
• Author: Ragnar Jónasson
• Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2017
• ISBN: 1250096081, 9781250096081
• Length: 320 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Mystery & Detective / International Crime & Mystery; Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural; Fiction / Thrillers / Crime