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Winterkill by Ragnar Jónasson

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niinaaaaa's review

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dark mysterious fast-paced

2.0

kaz14's review

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4.0

Thank you Ragnar Jónasson for closing the chapter on Ari Thor Arason in this the sixth and final book of the series (will we get the prequal translated into English I wonder). It may sound very strange that a police-procedural/murder series set in a remote town in Iceland can feel warm and comforting, but that is what this series has been for me. As always I felt very at home from the first page. The novels are short, to the point, with realistic crimes and interesting outcomes. The characters are very well drawn and I feel like they are acquaintances - even friends. As always, Iceland in all its beauty and isolation, is ever present.

I have loved this series and shall miss Ari but I have also enjoyed Detective Hulda and have The Girl Who Died on my to be read pile to look forward to.

petekeeley's review

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dark mysterious fast-paced

4.0

william_attia's review against another edition

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lighthearted mysterious relaxing medium-paced

3.0

edgwareviabank's review against another edition

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mysterious fast-paced

3.5

Probably my favourite in the Dark Iceland series, as far as the plot goes. I'm marking it down because the quality of the writing wasn't as good as in the previous books. This one sounded underedited to me: there are many details that make the narration feel disjointed (e.g. backstory repeated multiple times as if it was completely new; characters who have been connected in earlier pages, but later on have never heard of each other), and the frequency they crop up with risks to become annoying.

I enjoyed seeing characters from the previous books appear again, especially someone who was in the first instalment and opened up a promising storyline the author hadn't followed up on since. In many ways, it feels like the series and Ari Thor's development are coming full circle, and so this book is a very fitting end to the cycle. But I've grown so attached to the character, I'd still love to know what happens next. It's a shame there may not be another book to explore that, especially since I already know the author's Hidden Iceland series is not for me.