Ari Thór Arason is a local policeman whose tumultuous past and uneasy relationships with the villagers in an idyllically quiet fishing village in Northern Iceland―where no one locks their doors―continue to haunt him.
The peace of this close-knit community is shattered by the murder of a policeman―shot at point-blank range in the dead of night in a deserted house. With a killer on the loose and the dark Arctic winter closing in, it falls to Ari Thór to piece together a puzzle that involves tangled local politics, a compromised new mayor, and a psychiatric ward in Reykjavík where someone is being held against their will. Then a mysterious young woman moves to the area, on the run from something she dares not reveal, and it becomes all too clear that tragic events from the past are weaving a sinister spell that may threaten them all.
About the Author :
Ragnar Jónasson was born in Reykjavík, Iceland, where he works as a writer and a lawyer and teaches copyright law at Reykjavík University. He has previously worked on radio and television, including as a television news reporter for the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service, and he has, from the age of seventeen on, translated fourteen of Agatha Christie's novels. He is an international number one bestselling author.
Quentin Bates lived in Iceland for ten years before moving back to the United Kingdom in 1990, where he became a full-time journalist at a commercial fishing magazine. He and his wife frequently return to Iceland, where they have many friends, including several in the Reykjavík police.
Will Damron has won several Earphones Awards and been a finalist for the prestigious Audie Award for best narration. He has had acting roles off-Broadway and on stage and screen throughout the country.
Richard Powers has published thirteen novels. He is a MacArthur Fellow and received the National Book Award. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Overstory, and Bewilderment was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.
Review :
"[With] excellent Icelandic writers, Arnaldur Indriðason and Yrsa Sigurðardóttir...here´s a third: Ragnar Jónasson...The darkness and cold are almost papable."
-- "Times (London)"
"A unique Nordic Noir of the first order."
-- "BookPage"
"An atmospheric portrayal of a claustrophobic place where everyone is connected...Economical and evocative prose, as well as some masterful prestidigitation."
-- "Guardian (London)"
"Excellent...Jónasson plants clues fairly before a devastatingly unexpected reveal, without sublimating characterization to plot."
-- "Publishers Weekly (starred review)"
"Jonasson delights in playing with the expectations of his audience, pulling the carpet out from under us on more than one occasion. Pure entertainment."
-- "Mystery Scene magazine"
"Jónasson's sharp-edged style lends a somber, haunting note to this exposé of domestic abuse."
-- "Booklist"
"Story's got me gripped, but even more satisfying is how the characters are never just there as pawns in the plot."
-- "Ian Rankin, New York Times bestselling author"
"The final surprise carries a real shock...and of course the advent of the Icelandic winter is likely to chill hearts even below the Arctic Circle."
-- "Kirkus Reviews"
"There will be no better way to start the year than by reading Nightblind...Jonasson's books have breathed new life into Nordic noir."
-- "Sunday Express (London)"
"This spine-tingler is a sequel to the bestselling Snowblind. But you needn't have read a word of that first Nordic thriller to enjoy this one...What really makes Nightblind stand out is its vivid cast of characters, whose fears, ambitions, rivalries, and longings are movingly universal."
-- "Oprah.com"
