Whiteout (Dark Iceland Book 4)

by Ragnar Jónasson (Author), Quentin Bates (Translator)

Whiteout is book four in the brilliant Dark Iceland series. I have thoroughly enjoyed all the books in this series so far and I’ve already started book five!

In this book Ari Thor & Tomas find themselves investigating the suspicious death of a young woman, right before Christmas. It’s assumed she has committed suicide, but Ari Thor isn’t convinced and is determined to find out the truth despite likely having to sacrifice a proper Christmas with his very pregnant fiancé. Something isn’t quite adding up and the more he delves in to this case the more he becomes convinced she didn’t jump.

Another fast-paced crime thriller set in a dark, oppressive corner of Iceland. More fascinating characters and a plot that had me suspecting everyone and second guessing everything. As usual I was completely wrong and the story took a sharp turn in a direction I wasn’t expecting. Brilliant!

Looking forward to getting properly stuck in to book five now all the Christmas socialising is over….

Two days before Christmas, a young woman is found dead beneath the cliffs of the deserted village of Kálfshamarvík.

Did she jump, or did something more sinister take place beneath the lighthouse and the abandoned old house on the remote rocky outcrop?
With winter closing in and the snow falling relentlessly, Ari Thór Arason discovers that the victim’s mother and young sister also lost their lives in this same spot, twenty-five years earlier.

As the dark history and its secrets of the village are unveiled, and the death toll begins to rise, the Siglufjordur detectives must race against the clock to find the killer, before another tragedy takes place.

Dark, chilling and complex, Whiteout is a haunting, atmospheric and stunningly plotted thriller from one of Iceland’s bestselling crime writers.