Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | House of Evidence | 1998 | Viktor Arnar Ingolfsson | Buy |
| 2 | The Flatey Enigma | 2002 | Viktor Arnar Ingolfsson | Buy |
| 3 | Daybreak | 2005 | Viktor Arnar Ingolfsson | Buy |
| 4 | Sun on Fire | 2009 | Viktor Arnar Ingolfsson | Buy |
Viktor Arnar Ingolfsson’s novels are standalone Icelandic mysteries, each set in a different part of the country with its own cast of characters. House of Evidence (1998) takes place in Reykjavik, where a man is found shot dead in an old house, and detectives piece together a case that connects to events decades earlier. The Flatey Enigma (2002) unfolds on the small island of Flatey, where a body discovered in a hidden chamber leads an investigator to puzzles tied to medieval Icelandic manuscripts.
Daybreak (2005) follows an investigation into a businessman’s murder in rural Iceland and was later adapted into the Icelandic television series Hunting Men. Sun on Fire (2009) rounds out the collection. Ingolfsson writes with an engineer’s precision and a local’s knowledge of the Icelandic countryside, and his books reward patient readers who enjoy procedural mysteries grounded in a specific sense of place.