About this Event
The Mysteries to Die For Book Club is led by Elsie Souza, reading M**der, mayhem, and marvelous prose. From Nordic noir to British whodunits, each book reveals how crime and storytelling cross borders, and what our favorite detectives can teach us about culture, justice, and the human heart. July's selection takes us to a remote, snowbound town in northern Iceland—where isolation is total, and secrets have nowhere to hide.
This month, we're reading Snowblind by Ragnar Jónasson—a chilling, claustrophobic thriller and the first in the Dark Iceland series. When a young woman is found bleeding in the snow and a renowned writer dies under suspicious circumstances, rookie policeman Ari Thór Arason finds himself confronting his first real investigation in a place where everyone knows everyone—and no one is telling the whole truth. As a blizzard seals off the town, paranoia mounts, and Ari Thór must untangle a web of long-buried secrets before the darkness closes in completely.
We will meet in person at our store location at The Mark, 117 S. Pineapple Ave. The book club is $12, which includes a copy of Snowblind to be picked up at Bookstore1 any time before our meeting. Themed refreshments will be served!
ABOUT THE BOOK:
Taut and terrifying, Snowblind is a startling debut from Ragnar Jónasson, an extraordinary new talent.
Where: An isolated fishing village in the fjords of northern Iceland, where no one locks their doors.
Who: Ari Thór is a rookie policeman on his first posting, far from his girlfriend in Reykjavík.
What: A young woman is found lying half naked in the snow, bleeding and unconscious, and a highly esteemed elderly writer falls to his death. Ari is dragged straight into the heart of a community where he can trust no one, and secrets and lies are a way of life.
PRAISE FOR THE BOOK:
“Jonasson is an automatic must-read for me ... possibly the best Scandi writer working today.” —Lee Child, internationally bestselling author of the Jack Reacher thrillers
"Obviously inspired by Agatha Christie and Ellery Queen, Snowblind is old school despite its exotic setting.... With his twisty plotting, isolated location and intriguing characters, Jonasson's series is one to watch. Grade: A" —Cleveland.com
"A classic crime story . . .first-rate and highly recommended." —Lee Child
"A modern Icelandic take on an Agatha Christie-style mystery, as twisty as any slalom..." —Ian Rankin
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
RAGNAR JÓNASSON is the award-winning Icelandic author of the international bestselling Hulda series, the Dark Iceland series, and standalone crime fiction, with five million copies sold across 36 territories. Ragnar was also an executive producer of the CBS Studios TV series The Darkness, based on the first novel in his Hulda series, starring Lena Olin and directed by Lasse Hallström. His novel Outside is being developed for the screen by Ridley Scott.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Bookstore1Sarasota, 117 S. Pineapple Ave., Sarasota, United States
USD 14.54
