Black Ice Books in Order

This reading order guide provides the complete list of Black Ice books in order, from the very first to the latest, so you won’t miss anything!

About the Black Ice Series

The Black Ice series by Yrsa Sigurdardottir is a chilling and atmospheric crime fiction series set in the beautiful and unforgiving landscape of Iceland. Blending psychological suspense with human stories this series drags you into a world where dark secrets, buried traumas and disturbing crimes are never far beneath the surface. In Can’t Run, Can’t Hide a gruesome crime scene in a fjord sets off a tense investigation that forces both detective Týr and forensic pathologist Iðunn to confront their own pasts. Then in The Wake a simple funeral on the Westman Islands unravels into a deadly spiral of guilt, buried memories and murder. With each book Sigurdardottir builds the tension, draws you into complex relationships, remote Icelandic settings and shocking revelations. If you like Nordic noir, character driven stories and plots that keep you guessing until the very last page then the Black Ice series is for you. Both haunting and heartbreakingly human this is Icelandic crime fiction at its best.