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1) Iceland
Author
Publisher
Lonely Planet
Pub. Date
2024
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Description
This guide is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Splash around in the Blue Lagoon's geothermal water, catch a glimpse of the celestial Northern Lights, or take a boat trip among the icebergs; all with your trusted travel companion.
Author
Publisher
Adlard Coles
Pub. Date
2021
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Description
The writer and broadcaster Paul Heiney set sail from the east coast of England bound for Iceland, propelled by a desire to breathe the cool, clear air of the high latitudes, and to follow in the wake of generations of sailors who have made this often treacherous journey since the 13th century. In almost every harbour he tripped over maritime history and anecdote, and came face to face with his own past as he sailed north along his childhood coastline...
Author
Publisher
BBC Books
Pub. Date
2018
Description
The bare facts were straightforward. In 1974, 18-year-old Gudmundur Einarsson disappeared after a boozy night at a dance in a fishing town near Reykjavik. 11 months later Geirfinnur Einarsson (no relation), a quiet family man, went missing from Keflavik harbour in the southwest of Iceland after being summoned by a mysterious phone call from home. Both men were eventually presumed killed, though their bodies were never found. These simple facts, however,...
5) Winterkill
Author
Series
Dark Iceland volume 6
Description
When the body of a 19-year-old girl is found on the main street, Police Inspector Ari Thor battles a violent Icelandic storm in an increasingly dangerous hunt for her killer.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023
Description
The wealthy, powerful Snaeberg clan has gathered for a family reunion at a futuristic hotel set amongst the dark lava flows of Iceland's remote Snaefellsnes peninsula. Petra Snaeberg, a successful interior designer, is anxious about the event, and her troubled teenage daughter, Lea, whose social-media presence has attracted the wrong kind of followers. Ageing carpenter Tryggvi is an outsider, only tolerated because he's the boyfriend of Petra's aunt,...