The Recurring Cast
Reading order · 3 books · 2018 to 2020 · Set in Reykjavík

Hidden Iceland Books in Order

The Hidden Iceland trilogy follows Detective Inspector Hulda Hermannsdóttir backwards in time, starting with her last case.

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Series facts

Books
3
Published
2018 to 2020
First book
The Darkness
Latest
The Mist (2020)
Setting
Set in Reykjavík

The reading order

Every Hidden Iceland book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.

3 books · Set in Reykjavík
  1. 1The Darkness2018With Hulda HermannsdóttirHulda Hermannsdóttir, a detective inspector in Reykjavík, is forced into early retirement at sixty-four, and given two weeks to solve one cold case: the death of a young asylum seeker.Buy on Amazon
  2. 2The Island2019With Hulda HermannsdóttirIn 1987, four friends visit a remote island off the south coast of Iceland, and only three of them come back.Buy on Amazon
  3. 3The Mist2020With Hulda HermannsdóttirIn 1987, a couple in an isolated farmhouse in the east of Iceland are snowed in for Christmas, when a stranger knocks at the door.Buy on Amazon

Do you need to read them in order?

Read The Darkness, The Island and The Mist in order.

Who appears in which book

The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.

Who appears in each Hidden Iceland book
BookHulda Hermannsdóttir
1 The DarknessLLead
2 The IslandLLead
3 The MistLLead

Characters in the Hidden Iceland books

1 character from Ragnar Jónasson’s chart, with the number of Hidden Iceland books each appears in.

CharacterBooksFirst in this series
Hulda HermannsdóttirDetective Inspector in Reykjavík3The Darkness 2018