Zaffre Clues in Fjord Thriller ISBN 9781804188408

A dark and twisted Nordic noir novel set on the isolated Icelandic fjords, introducing Hildur Rúnarsdóttir, the only police detective on the west coast. As she buries herself in cases to forget her traumatic past, she teams up with a new trainee, Jakob Johanson. Neither can outrun their histories for long. When a local man is found with his throat slit beneath an avalanche that buries much of the evidence, Hildur and Jakob must put their own problems aside to unravel dark secrets and expose a killer. Translated by Kristian London, this is the brilliant first book in the bestselling Hildur series, which has captivated readers across Europe and been shortlisted for major crime awards. The novel has earned praise for its atmospheric, original storytelling and its place on Europe’s literary map of Nordic crime fiction.

Praise highlights the series as a phenomenon, with comparisons to the way it reshapes Nordic crime fiction. The book balances tense investigative work with personal histories and moral ambiguities, delivering a suspenseful mystery anchored by vivid Icelandic settings and a determined detective facing her past.

Features

• Nordic noir set on Iceland’s west coast
• Protagonist: Hildur Rúnarsdóttir, detective
• Jakob Johanson, her trainee
• Throat-slitting murder under an avalanche
• Translated by Kristian London
• 352 pages, paperback, first edition