Cold Blood (2007)

Cold Blood is an unusual crime novel where the traditional format is beautifully interlaced with the traditional Icelandic Saga and Icelandic fate in the past and present. In the chilly city of Reykjavik a raven circles the sky and watches events unfold that will have dire consequences. He sees things hidden to human eyes – money exchanging hands, cats run over by cars, houses burnt to the ground, and people shot like dogs. When Asa finds a body by chance in a gravel mound out on the heath many unknown things start coming to light – what drives people to make away with others and what happens when restraints disappear one by one and things spin out of control? • Nominated for the Icelandic Literary Prize 2007