Ragnar Jonasson
RAGNAR JÓNASSON is an international number one award-winning and bestselling author who has sold over four million books in thirty-six territories worldwide. He is the only Icelandic author to have entered the Wall Street Journal bestseller list. Jónasson was born in Reykjavik, where he also teaches copyright law at Reyk-javík University. He has previously worked on radio and television, including as a TV news reporter, and, since the age of seventeen, has translated fourteen of Agatha Christie...See more
RAGNAR JÓNASSON is an international number one award-winning and bestselling author who has sold over four million books in thirty-six territories worldwide. He is the only Icelandic author to have entered the Wall Street Journal bestseller list. Jónasson was born in Reykjavik, where he also teaches copyright law at Reyk-javík University. He has previously worked on radio and television, including as a TV news reporter, and, since the age of seventeen, has translated fourteen of Agatha Christie's novels into Icelandic. He is the co-founder of the Reykjavík internation-al crime writing festival Iceland Noir. His critically ac-claimed international bestseller The Darkness is soon to be a major CBS Studios TV series, starring Lena Olin as Hulda, directed by Lasse Hallstrom. Ragnar's novel, Outside , is in development as a feature film by Ridley Scott's production company. See less
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Ragnar Jonasson book reviews
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Outside: The heart-pounding new mystery soon to be a major motion picture
A bit of a let-down
I have read one other book from Ragnar Jonasson which was The Island, I remember in my review for that book I commented that the written prose was very beautiful, and I loved the setting of remote ... Read More
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The Darkness: A Thriller
Disappointed in New Series
I am sorry to say that I was somewhat disappointed in the first book in this new series by an author whose earlier works I had admired. I had enjoyed his earlier series set in Northern Iceland since ... Read More
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The Island: Hidden Iceland Series, Book Two
A little bland
When a woman is found dead on a getaway with her friends, it sparks an investigation which delves deep into the past - what secrets are her friends hiding?
I love the idea of a trilogy being ... Read More