Deathbook (2020)

Grimsson #5

A teenage girl dies from a drug overdose at a summer party in Borgarnes. No one is arrested in connection with the case.

In the fall, a boy is murdered at Rauðhólar. Shortly afterward, friends of the murdered boy receive mysterious friend requests on social media, leading them to a page called the Book of Death. Who is behind the page and what does the Book of Death want with the young people?

Hörður Grimsson investigates the case, which becomes increasingly complex. When another youth is killed, the community is in shock, but Hörður suspects that the friends of the deceased are not telling the whole truth. Do they have secrets that cannot bear the light of day?

Hörður Grimsson has established himself as one of the most popular characters in Icelandic crime fiction. The Deathbook is Stefán Máni's eighth novel featuring this unique police officer.