Ragnar Jonasson

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  • Bibliography:
    14 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    August 2015
  • Latest Book:
    September 2025
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Full Series List in Order

Dark Iceland

1 - Snowblind (Aug-2015)
2 - Nightblind (Jan-2016)
3 - Blackout (Jul-2016)
4 - Rupture (Jul-2017)
5 - Whiteout (Sep-2017)
6 - Winterkill (Dec-2020)

Detective Inspector Hulda Hermannsdottir

1 - The Darkness (Oct-2018)
2 - The Island (May-2019)
3 - The Mist (Jun-2020)

Books in Order: 14 titles

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  • The Mysterious Case of the Missing Crime Writer

    An Instant National Bestseller The next thrilling golden-age-style mystery from #1 Icelandic bestseller Ragnar Jónasson, author of Death at the Sanatorium and Reykjavík.One winter evening, bestselling crime author Elín S. Jónsdóttir goes missing...

  • Death at the Sanatorium

    Fresh off of Reykjavik, his career-changing standalone co-written with the Icelandic prime minister, #1 Icelandic bestseller Jonasson presents a riveting new thriller.1983At a former sanatorium in the north of Iceland, now a hospital ward, an old nur...

  • Reykjavik

    With over four million copies sold worldwide, Ragnar Jónasson, along with Katrín Jakobsdóttir, brings us a gripping and chilling new thriller, Reykjavík.What happened to Lára?Iceland, 1956. Fourteen-year-old Lára decides to spend the summer wo...

  • Outside

    With three million copies of his books sold worldwide, "world-class crime writer"(The Sunday Times, UK) Ragnar Jónasson brings us a chilling new standalone thriller with Outside. Four friends. One night. Not everyone will come out alive . . .When a ...

  • The Girl Who Died

    Una knows she is struggling to deal with her father's sudden, tragic suicide. She spends her nights drinking alone in Reykjavik, stricken with thoughts that she might one day follow in his footsteps. So when she sees an advert seeking a teache...

  • Winterkill

    Dark Iceland - 6

    A blizzard is approaching Siglufjörður, and that can only mean one thing… When the body of a nineteen-year-old girl is found on the main street of Siglufjörður, Police Inspector Ari Thór battles a violent Icelandic storm in an increasingly ...

  • The Mist

    Detective Inspector Hulda Hermannsdottir - 3

    The final nail-biting installment in Ragnar Jonasson's critically-acclaimed Hidden Iceland series, The Mist, from the newest superstar on the Icelandic crime fiction scene. 1987. An isolated farm house in the east of Iceland. The snowstorm ...

  • The Island

    Detective Inspector Hulda Hermannsdottir - 2

    Autumn of 1987 takes a young couple on a romantic trip in the Westfjords holiday―a trip that gets an unexpected ending and has catastrophic consequences. Ten years later a small group of friends go for a weekend in an old hunting lodge in Ellið...

  • The Darkness

    Detective Inspector Hulda Hermannsdottir - 1

    Spanning the icy streets of Reykjavik, the Icelandic highlands and cold, isolated fjords, THE DARKNESS is an atmospheric thriller from Ragnar Jonasson, one of the most exciting names in Nordic Noir. The body of a young Russian woman washes up on a...



  • Whiteout

    Dark Iceland - 5

    When the body of a young woman is found dead beneath the cliffs of the deserted Icelandic village of Kálfshamarvík, Ari Thór Arason uncovers a startling and terrifying connection to an earlier series of deaths, as the killer remains on the loose ....

  • Rupture

    Dark Iceland - 4

    It's 1955. Two young couples move to the uninhabited, isolated fjord of Hedinsfjordur. Their stay ends abruptly when one of the women meets her death in mysterious circumstances. The case is never solved. Fifty years later an old photograph comes to ...

  • Blackout

    Dark Iceland - 3

    Hailed for combining the darkness of Nordic Noir with classic mystery writing in the tradition of Agatha Christie, author Ragnar Jonasson’s books are haunting, atmospheric, and complex. Blackout, the latest Ari Thór thriller, delivers another dark...

  • Nightblind

    Dark Iceland - 2

    Chilling and complex, Nightblind is an extraordinary thriller from Ragnar Jonasson, an undeniable new talent. Ari Thor Arason is a local policeman who has an uneasy relationship with the villagers in an idyllically quiet fishing village in Norther...

  • Snowblind

    Dark Iceland - 1

    Where: A quiet fishing village in northern Iceland, where no one locks their doors. It is accessible only via a small mountain tunnel. Who: Ari Thor is a rookie policeman on his first posting, far from his girlfriend in Reykjavik. He has a past th...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Ragnar Jonasson has published 14 books.

Ragnar Jonasson does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Mysterious Case of the Missing Crime Writer, was published in September 2025.

The first book by Ragnar Jonasson, Snowblind, was published in August 2015.

Yes. Ragnar Jonasson has 2 series.
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