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Corylus Books
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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
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.'
September 29, 2025 at 9:33 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
September 19, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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
September 16, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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
'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
July 21, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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-...
July 4, 2025 at 9:54 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!
June 15, 2025 at 9:16 AM
#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)!
June 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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
June 11, 2025 at 8:43 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
June 7, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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!
May 30, 2025 at 1:57 PM
'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
May 27, 2025 at 11:54 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
May 25, 2025 at 10:29 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
May 22, 2025 at 11:05 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...
May 20, 2025 at 9:34 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!
May 19, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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
May 7, 2025 at 12:12 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!
May 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
'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
May 6, 2025 at 11:17 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
April 26, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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...
April 22, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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
April 21, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Happy Easter to everyone who is celebrating today
April 20, 2025 at 7:30 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...
April 17, 2025 at 10:01 AM