Corylus Books
@corylusbooks.bsky.social
UK-based independent publisher of translated crime fiction with a social edge. See all our books at https://corylusbooks.com/
'Weird coincidences are the Lord’s sick jokes,' as Stella Blomkvist's Mother would say. No one knows who Stella the author is, but we all know Stella the razor-sharp legal eagle
October 28, 2025 at 5:35 PM
'Weird coincidences are the Lord’s sick jokes,' as Stella Blomkvist's Mother would say. No one knows who Stella the author is, but we all know Stella the razor-sharp legal eagle
Fresh, razor-sharp edge to Nordic Noir... Jón Atli Jónasson's remarkable Broken digs deeper, goes a step further, hits all the right notes...
'Completely unpredictable, yet bleakly inevitable,' says Antony Johnston. 'Quality Icelandic noir.'
'Completely unpredictable, yet bleakly inevitable,' says Antony Johnston. 'Quality Icelandic noir.'
September 29, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Fresh, razor-sharp edge to Nordic Noir... Jón Atli Jónasson's remarkable Broken digs deeper, goes a step further, hits all the right notes...
'Completely unpredictable, yet bleakly inevitable,' says Antony Johnston. 'Quality Icelandic noir.'
'Completely unpredictable, yet bleakly inevitable,' says Antony Johnston. 'Quality Icelandic noir.'
Whether rain or shine, here's the perfect weekend plan: Curl up with a portion of dark-as-night Nordic Noir shot through with black humour and characters who leap off the page.
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DVZFZ6Y7
@graskeggur.bsky.social @davidheadley.bsky.social
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DVZFZ6Y7
@graskeggur.bsky.social @davidheadley.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Whether rain or shine, here's the perfect weekend plan: Curl up with a portion of dark-as-night Nordic Noir shot through with black humour and characters who leap off the page.
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DVZFZ6Y7
@graskeggur.bsky.social @davidheadley.bsky.social
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DVZFZ6Y7
@graskeggur.bsky.social @davidheadley.bsky.social
Nothing has changed at Bjargarlækur for as long as anyone can remember – so are moves to bring change to this remote Icelandic farm a motive for murder?
Coming soon – rural darkness and intrigue from Guðrún Guðlaugsdóttir
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FMRSFTHX/
@graskeggur.bsky.social
Coming soon – rural darkness and intrigue from Guðrún Guðlaugsdóttir
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FMRSFTHX/
@graskeggur.bsky.social
September 16, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Nothing has changed at Bjargarlækur for as long as anyone can remember – so are moves to bring change to this remote Icelandic farm a motive for murder?
Coming soon – rural darkness and intrigue from Guðrún Guðlaugsdóttir
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FMRSFTHX/
@graskeggur.bsky.social
Coming soon – rural darkness and intrigue from Guðrún Guðlaugsdóttir
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FMRSFTHX/
@graskeggur.bsky.social
And here's one we found on Pinterest of the International Brigades from Manchester (no photo credit, unfortunately). As featured in literature in #BlackStorms by Teresa Solana
July 23, 2025 at 9:52 AM
And here's one we found on Pinterest of the International Brigades from Manchester (no photo credit, unfortunately). As featured in literature in #BlackStorms by Teresa Solana
'ScandiNoir meets classic detective fiction in this thriller/chiller... you'll be kept guessing until the very end'
Short but sweet review of #Broken by Jon Atli Jonasson in The Sun, transl @graskeggur.bsky.social
Short but sweet review of #Broken by Jon Atli Jonasson in The Sun, transl @graskeggur.bsky.social
July 21, 2025 at 1:19 PM
'ScandiNoir meets classic detective fiction in this thriller/chiller... you'll be kept guessing until the very end'
Short but sweet review of #Broken by Jon Atli Jonasson in The Sun, transl @graskeggur.bsky.social
Short but sweet review of #Broken by Jon Atli Jonasson in The Sun, transl @graskeggur.bsky.social
Happy publication day to the fiery, unstoppable #StellaBlomkvist, now in her third adventure with us, translated by @graskeggur.bsky.social
www.amazon.co.uk/Murder-Tide-...
www.amazon.co.uk/Murder-Tide-...
July 4, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Happy publication day to the fiery, unstoppable #StellaBlomkvist, now in her third adventure with us, translated by @graskeggur.bsky.social
www.amazon.co.uk/Murder-Tide-...
www.amazon.co.uk/Murder-Tide-...
We had a great time with our new Icelandic author Jon Atli Jonasson at @capitalcrime.bsky.social (thanks to the organisers!): great panel, lots of book signing, chatting to BookTokkers, podcasters, bloggers and other authors!
June 15, 2025 at 9:16 AM
We had a great time with our new Icelandic author Jon Atli Jonasson at @capitalcrime.bsky.social (thanks to the organisers!): great panel, lots of book signing, chatting to BookTokkers, podcasters, bloggers and other authors!
#Broken by Jón Atli Jónasson hits the shelves today - an explosive crime debut from one of Iceland’s most celebrated playwrights (& Oscar-nominated screenwriter)
You can also catch the author at @capitalcrime.bsky.social
this weekend (translator @graskeggur.bsky.social too)!
You can also catch the author at @capitalcrime.bsky.social
this weekend (translator @graskeggur.bsky.social too)!
June 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM
#Broken by Jón Atli Jónasson hits the shelves today - an explosive crime debut from one of Iceland’s most celebrated playwrights (& Oscar-nominated screenwriter)
You can also catch the author at @capitalcrime.bsky.social
this weekend (translator @graskeggur.bsky.social too)!
You can also catch the author at @capitalcrime.bsky.social
this weekend (translator @graskeggur.bsky.social too)!
Antony Johnston called it 'completely unpredictable, yet bleakly inevitable. Quality Icelandic noir.'
Hardbacks of Jón Atli Jónasson's English-language debut #Broken are here... And you can catch Jón Atli at Capital Crime this weekend
Hardbacks of Jón Atli Jónasson's English-language debut #Broken are here... And you can catch Jón Atli at Capital Crime this weekend
June 11, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Antony Johnston called it 'completely unpredictable, yet bleakly inevitable. Quality Icelandic noir.'
Hardbacks of Jón Atli Jónasson's English-language debut #Broken are here... And you can catch Jón Atli at Capital Crime this weekend
Hardbacks of Jón Atli Jónasson's English-language debut #Broken are here... And you can catch Jón Atli at Capital Crime this weekend
Superstitious, us? Just a few days to go – our guy Jón Atli Jónasson will be appearing at @capitalcrime.bsky.social
on Friday 13th, the day after publication of his debut novel Broken
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DVZFZ6Y7
on Friday 13th, the day after publication of his debut novel Broken
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DVZFZ6Y7
June 7, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Superstitious, us? Just a few days to go – our guy Jón Atli Jónasson will be appearing at @capitalcrime.bsky.social
on Friday 13th, the day after publication of his debut novel Broken
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DVZFZ6Y7
on Friday 13th, the day after publication of his debut novel Broken
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DVZFZ6Y7
Fab review of #Broken:
'The narrative is propelled like a slingshot, but there are moments that provoke deep thought in the reader, contemplation on some of the nuances that make up life'
www.shotsmag.co.uk/book_reviews...
And the hardbacks have just arrived from the printers!
'The narrative is propelled like a slingshot, but there are moments that provoke deep thought in the reader, contemplation on some of the nuances that make up life'
www.shotsmag.co.uk/book_reviews...
And the hardbacks have just arrived from the printers!
May 30, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Fab review of #Broken:
'The narrative is propelled like a slingshot, but there are moments that provoke deep thought in the reader, contemplation on some of the nuances that make up life'
www.shotsmag.co.uk/book_reviews...
And the hardbacks have just arrived from the printers!
'The narrative is propelled like a slingshot, but there are moments that provoke deep thought in the reader, contemplation on some of the nuances that make up life'
www.shotsmag.co.uk/book_reviews...
And the hardbacks have just arrived from the printers!
'If love is blind, marriage lets the blind see, as Mother said'
#StellaBlomkvist and her irrepressible Mother are back with more wisecracks! #MurderTide will be out in July, pre-order now
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DWBRKHTR
#StellaBlomkvist and her irrepressible Mother are back with more wisecracks! #MurderTide will be out in July, pre-order now
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DWBRKHTR
May 27, 2025 at 11:54 AM
'If love is blind, marriage lets the blind see, as Mother said'
#StellaBlomkvist and her irrepressible Mother are back with more wisecracks! #MurderTide will be out in July, pre-order now
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DWBRKHTR
#StellaBlomkvist and her irrepressible Mother are back with more wisecracks! #MurderTide will be out in July, pre-order now
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DWBRKHTR
Look out for these two – outlier cops Rado and Dóra in Jón Atli Jónasson's startlingly original Broken
Pub 12th June. It was going to be 13th, but that's a Friday and we didn't want to tempt fate... But you can see the author at @capitalcrime.bsky.social on Fri 13th!
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DVZFZ6Y7
Pub 12th June. It was going to be 13th, but that's a Friday and we didn't want to tempt fate... But you can see the author at @capitalcrime.bsky.social on Fri 13th!
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DVZFZ6Y7
May 25, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Look out for these two – outlier cops Rado and Dóra in Jón Atli Jónasson's startlingly original Broken
Pub 12th June. It was going to be 13th, but that's a Friday and we didn't want to tempt fate... But you can see the author at @capitalcrime.bsky.social on Fri 13th!
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DVZFZ6Y7
Pub 12th June. It was going to be 13th, but that's a Friday and we didn't want to tempt fate... But you can see the author at @capitalcrime.bsky.social on Fri 13th!
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DVZFZ6Y7
Tik tok, tik tok!
Counting down to the release date for this Icelandic thriller.
Jon Atli Jonasson reinvigorates old tropes and imbues them with energy and excitement @graskeggur.bsky.social
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DVZFZ6Y7
Counting down to the release date for this Icelandic thriller.
Jon Atli Jonasson reinvigorates old tropes and imbues them with energy and excitement @graskeggur.bsky.social
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DVZFZ6Y7
May 22, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Tik tok, tik tok!
Counting down to the release date for this Icelandic thriller.
Jon Atli Jonasson reinvigorates old tropes and imbues them with energy and excitement @graskeggur.bsky.social
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DVZFZ6Y7
Counting down to the release date for this Icelandic thriller.
Jon Atli Jonasson reinvigorates old tropes and imbues them with energy and excitement @graskeggur.bsky.social
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DVZFZ6Y7
Now we've all taken a breather after #CrimeFest, time to think about the summer and this beauty coming up. Like your crime fiction served cold, or hot, or a bit of both? #StellaBlomkvist really hits the Nordic Noir spot.
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DWBRKHTR
Available for pre-order...
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DWBRKHTR
Available for pre-order...
May 20, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Now we've all taken a breather after #CrimeFest, time to think about the summer and this beauty coming up. Like your crime fiction served cold, or hot, or a bit of both? #StellaBlomkvist really hits the Nordic Noir spot.
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DWBRKHTR
Available for pre-order...
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DWBRKHTR
Available for pre-order...
What a great idea from @renardpress.com: 4 covers for the book by @annmorgan.bsky.social on Relearing to Read - and being comfortable with not knowing, with ambiguity, different cultures and different interpretations. Because there's more than one way to read!
May 19, 2025 at 11:27 AM
What a great idea from @renardpress.com: 4 covers for the book by @annmorgan.bsky.social on Relearing to Read - and being comfortable with not knowing, with ambiguity, different cultures and different interpretations. Because there's more than one way to read!
Relentless pace, an authentic multi-layered plot and very real human drama' is how M.W. Craven describes this slice of Icelandic Noir.
Jón Atli Jónasson's brilliant Broken is out next month, pre-order now
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DVZFZ6Y7
And meet the author at @capitalcrime.bsky.social
Jón Atli Jónasson's brilliant Broken is out next month, pre-order now
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DVZFZ6Y7
And meet the author at @capitalcrime.bsky.social
May 7, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Relentless pace, an authentic multi-layered plot and very real human drama' is how M.W. Craven describes this slice of Icelandic Noir.
Jón Atli Jónasson's brilliant Broken is out next month, pre-order now
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DVZFZ6Y7
And meet the author at @capitalcrime.bsky.social
Jón Atli Jónasson's brilliant Broken is out next month, pre-order now
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DVZFZ6Y7
And meet the author at @capitalcrime.bsky.social
Come and meet our award-winning Icelandic author Jon Atli Jonasson on what promises to be a really intriguing panel at @capitalcrime.bsky.social in June - his first book to be translated into English will be available there, hot off the press!
May 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Come and meet our award-winning Icelandic author Jon Atli Jonasson on what promises to be a really intriguing panel at @capitalcrime.bsky.social in June - his first book to be translated into English will be available there, hot off the press!
'Completely unpredictable, yet bleakly inevitable. Quality Icelandic noir,' says Anthony Johnston.
Just a month until Jón Atli Jónasson's brilliant Broken is out. Available now for pre-order
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DVZFZ6Y7
Just a month until Jón Atli Jónasson's brilliant Broken is out. Available now for pre-order
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DVZFZ6Y7
May 6, 2025 at 11:17 AM
'Completely unpredictable, yet bleakly inevitable. Quality Icelandic noir,' says Anthony Johnston.
Just a month until Jón Atli Jónasson's brilliant Broken is out. Available now for pre-order
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DVZFZ6Y7
Just a month until Jón Atli Jónasson's brilliant Broken is out. Available now for pre-order
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DVZFZ6Y7
The ever-mysterious #StellaBlomkvist is back this summer!
If you haven't yet encountered Stella's razor tongue and unique personal moral compass, then check out her adventures here – amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CFZM2BR3
All translated by fab @graskeggur.bsky.social
If you haven't yet encountered Stella's razor tongue and unique personal moral compass, then check out her adventures here – amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CFZM2BR3
All translated by fab @graskeggur.bsky.social
April 26, 2025 at 10:57 AM
The ever-mysterious #StellaBlomkvist is back this summer!
If you haven't yet encountered Stella's razor tongue and unique personal moral compass, then check out her adventures here – amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CFZM2BR3
All translated by fab @graskeggur.bsky.social
If you haven't yet encountered Stella's razor tongue and unique personal moral compass, then check out her adventures here – amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CFZM2BR3
All translated by fab @graskeggur.bsky.social
Don't miss this opportunity to hear Elsa Drucaroff (on a rare trip from Argentina) talk about dictatorships, crime thrillers and the rise of women authors from Latin America on 2 May in London, together with CWA Daggers-shortlisted Teresa Solana
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/authorsboo...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/authorsboo...
April 22, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Don't miss this opportunity to hear Elsa Drucaroff (on a rare trip from Argentina) talk about dictatorships, crime thrillers and the rise of women authors from Latin America on 2 May in London, together with CWA Daggers-shortlisted Teresa Solana
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/authorsboo...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/authorsboo...
Two outliers, each damaged in their own way...
'A crime novel to relish. Outstanding,’ says @mwcraven.bsky.social
Look out for Jón Atli Jónasson's Broken transl. @graskeggur.bsky.social and for Jón Atli himself at @capitalcrime.bsky.social
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DVZFZ6Y7
'A crime novel to relish. Outstanding,’ says @mwcraven.bsky.social
Look out for Jón Atli Jónasson's Broken transl. @graskeggur.bsky.social and for Jón Atli himself at @capitalcrime.bsky.social
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DVZFZ6Y7
April 21, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Two outliers, each damaged in their own way...
'A crime novel to relish. Outstanding,’ says @mwcraven.bsky.social
Look out for Jón Atli Jónasson's Broken transl. @graskeggur.bsky.social and for Jón Atli himself at @capitalcrime.bsky.social
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DVZFZ6Y7
'A crime novel to relish. Outstanding,’ says @mwcraven.bsky.social
Look out for Jón Atli Jónasson's Broken transl. @graskeggur.bsky.social and for Jón Atli himself at @capitalcrime.bsky.social
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DVZFZ6Y7
Happy Easter to everyone who is celebrating today
April 20, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Happy Easter to everyone who is celebrating today
We're dropping selected titles to half-price over the long Easter weekend... A portion of Balkan serial killer action? A series of bizarre murders rocks the beautiful Carpathian town of Braşov in Deadly Autumn Harvest by Tony Mott, transl. @marinasofia.bsky.social
www.amazon.co.uk/Deadly-Autum...
www.amazon.co.uk/Deadly-Autum...
April 17, 2025 at 10:01 AM
We're dropping selected titles to half-price over the long Easter weekend... A portion of Balkan serial killer action? A series of bizarre murders rocks the beautiful Carpathian town of Braşov in Deadly Autumn Harvest by Tony Mott, transl. @marinasofia.bsky.social
www.amazon.co.uk/Deadly-Autum...
www.amazon.co.uk/Deadly-Autum...