Ragnar Jónasson, trans. from the Icelandic by Quentin Bates. Minotaur, $25.99 (320p) ISBN 978-1-250-09607-4 The 2008 financial crash provides the backdrop for Jónasson’s sterling debut, a tale of past ...

Ragnar Jónasson, trans. from the Icelandic by Victoria Cribb. Minotaur, $27.99 (352p) ISBN 978-1-250-19337-7 Jónasson’s masterly sequel to 2018’s The Darkness opens with a cryptic prologue set in a ...

Nordic noir has been popular for the more than a decade, but in the past few years, Icelandic authors have gained some much-deserved visibility, with scores of titles being translated into English.

When we last saw Icelandic police detective Helgi Reykdal, he was lying unconscious in a pool of blood after being bashed in the head by his violent alcoholic wife in last fall’s “Death at the ...

EXCLUSIVE: Following the 2024 launch of The Darkness, the Icelandic series based on his Dimma novel series, author Ragnar Jónasson is expanding his partnership with Stampede Ventures and producer John ...

Law professor and investment banker Ragnar Jonasson loves Agatha Christie’s puzzle mysteries so much that, starting at the age of 17, he translated more than a dozen of them into his native Icelandic.

EXCLUSIVE: CBS Studios has struck a global first-look deal with Greg Silverman’s Stampede Ventures International and has set its first project – an adaptation of Ragnar Jónasson’s best-selling Nordic ...

EXCLUSIVE: Stampede, the indie media company founded by former Warner Bros Pictures President Greg Silverman, has acquired bestselling author Ragnar Jonasson‘s Icelandic thriller The Darkness and will ...

EXCLUSIVE: Scott Free Productions has optioned the rights to the acclaimed thriller Outside from bestselling Icelandic author Ragnar Jónasson for feature adaptation. Commercial director Henrik Hansen ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As of now, the company has several TV projects in motion. First up is a limited series adaptation of The Girl Who Died, Jónasson’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jónasson’s crime books have been published in more than 20 languages. His next novel, The Island, is set to be released later this ...

Law professor and investment banker Ragnar Jonasson loves Agatha Christie’s puzzle mysteries so much that, starting at the age of 17, he translated more than a dozen of them into his native Icelandic.