A review by cybergoths
Winterkill by Ragnar Jónasson

4.0

A satisfying return to the Icelandic detective series. The story is set over an Easter weekend when Ari Thór, now the Police Inspector in charge of Siglufjörður, is planning to spend time with his estranged partner and their son when then come back from Denmark for the weekend. As the weekend approaches, a young girl is found dead, apparently having killed herself after jumping off a second storey balcony. Ari starts to investigate but some aspects of the death don't make sense. We have the juxtaposition of an incoming storm, a deepening investigation and the complications of his domestic situation, all over a long weekend. The plot comes to a satisfying conclusion. Don't expect hard edged Scandi-Noir with this; this is a more subtle, darker tale of people's secrets in a small town.