Reading order · 6 books · 2015 to 2020 · Set in Siglufjörður
Dark Iceland Books in Order
Dark Iceland follows Ari Thór Arason, a young police officer posted to Siglufjörður, a small, snowbound fishing town at the very top of Iceland, where everybody knows everybody. Classic, claustrophobic mysteries.
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Series facts
- Books
- 6
- Published
- 2015 to 2020
- First book
- Snowblind
- Latest
- Winterkill (2020)
- Setting
- Set in Siglufjörður
The reading order
Every Dark Iceland book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.
6 books · Set in Siglufjörður
- 1Snowblind2015With Ari Thór ArasonAri Thór Arason, a young police officer, is posted to Siglufjörður, a small fishing town at the top of Iceland.Buy on Amazon
- 2Nightblind2016With Ari Thór ArasonA police officer is shot at an abandoned house in Siglufjörður, and Ari Thór investigates.Buy on Amazon
- 3Blackout2016With Ari Thór ArasonDuring the summer of the volcanic ash cloud, a man is found beaten to death near Siglufjörður.Buy on Amazon
- 4Rupture2017With Ari Thór ArasonSiglufjörður is cut off by a deadly virus, and Ari Thór looks into a death in a remote fjord in the 1950s.Buy on Amazon
- 5Whiteout2017With Ari Thór ArasonJust before Christmas, a young woman is found dead beneath the cliffs near an abandoned farmhouse.Buy on Amazon
- 6Winterkill2020With Ari Thór ArasonAt Easter, a young woman falls to her death from a balcony in Siglufjörður, and Ari Thór, now an inspector, is not convinced it was suicide.Buy on Amazon
Do you need to read them in order?
Read in story order: Snowblind, Blackout, Rupture, Whiteout, Nightblind, then Winterkill. In English, the books were published in a different order.
Who appears in which book
The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.
| Book | Ari Thór Arason | Tómas | Kristín | Ísrún |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Snowblind | LLead | MMajor | ·Minor | |
| 2 Nightblind | LLead | MMajor | ·Minor | |
| 3 Blackout | LLead | MMajor | ·Minor | MMajor |
| 4 Rupture | LLead | MMajor | ·Minor | MMajor |
| 5 Whiteout | LLead | MMajor | ·Minor | |
| 6 Winterkill | LLead | MMajor | ·Minor |
Characters in the Dark Iceland books
4 characters from Ragnar Jónasson’s chart, with the number of Dark Iceland books each appears in.
| Character | Books | First in this series |
|---|---|---|
| Ari Thór ArasonYoung police officer in Siglufjörður | 6 | Snowblind 2015 |
| TómasAri Thór’s boss | 6 | Snowblind 2015 |
| KristínAri Thór’s girlfriend, a medical student | 6 | Snowblind 2015 |
| ÍsrúnTelevision journalist | 2 | Blackout 2016 |