Magnus Jonson, born in Iceland, raised in Boston, back working as a homicide detective in Iceland, in the Fire and Ice series.
Where The Shadows Lie, is the first in the Fire and Ice series about an Icelandic detective named Magnus. It was published by Corvus in Britain in 2010, and by Minotaur in the US in 2011.
The second book in the series, 66° North (Far North in the US), was published in the UK in 2011, and in the US in 2012. Read the first chapter here.
The third in the series, Meltwater, was published in the UK in 2012. Read the first two chapters here.
Sea of Stone, the fourth book in the series, was published in the UK in May 2014.
Amid Iceland’s wild, volcanic landscape, rumours swirl of an ancient manuscript containing a long-lost saga about a ring of terrible power. The manuscript, which is believed to have inspired Tolkein’s Lord of the Rings, exists…but why is it worth killing for? Untangling murder from myth is Iceland-born, Boston-raised homicide detective Magnus Jonson. Seconded to the(…)
As barbaric murders occur, a more immediate goal might simply be staying alive.
Operation Meltwater: FreeFlow, a group of internet activists committed to the freedom of information have video evidence of a military atrocity in the Middle East and have chosen Iceland as their HQ while they prepare to unleash their greatest coup on the world’s media. On the glacial rim of erupting volcano Eyjafjallajokull, they christen their(…)