Ragnar Jónasson (born 1976) is an Icelandic author of

crime fiction Crime fiction, detective story, murder mystery, mystery novel, and police novel are terms used to describe narratives that centre on criminal acts and especially on the investigation, either by an amateur or a professional detective, of a crime, ...

. He is the author of the bestselling ''Dark Iceland'' series, set in and around

Siglufjörður Siglufjörður () is a small fishing town in a narrow fjord with the same name on the northern coast of Iceland. The population in 2011 was 1,206; the town has been shrinking in size since the 1950s when the town reached its peak of 3,000 inha ...

, and featuring

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Ari Thor.

Novels

Dark Iceland series

#''Snowblind'' (2010; translation of ''Snjóblinda'', 2010) #''Blackout'' (2011; translation of ''Myrknætti'', 2011) #''Rupture'' (2012; translation of ''Rof'', 2012) #''Whiteout'' (2013; translation of ''Andköf'', 2013) #''Nightblind'' (2014; translation of ''Náttblinda'', 2014) #''Winterkill'' (2020; translation of ''Vetrarmein'', 2020) Note: The series order of the original Icelandic publications differs from that of the English translations.

Hidden Iceland series

#''The Darkness'' (2018; translation of ''Dimma'', 2015) #''The Island'' (2019; translation of ''Drungi'', 2016) #''The Mist'' (2020; translation of ''Mistur'', 2017)

Standalone novels

#''The Girl Who Died'' (2021; translation of ''Þorpið'', 2018) #''Outside'' (2022; translation of ''Úti'', 2021) #''White Death'' (2023; translation of ''Hvítidauði'', 2019)

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* Living people Ragnar Jónasson 1976 births {{Iceland-writer-stub