Hlynur Bjorn sleeps in. He surfs the Web. He tests the efficacy of various pornography. And at night, he hits the K-bar for a few drinks, maybe a tab of E, and perhaps a bit of sex before another crash. He'd blithely remain in this cycle forever, but when his part-time girlfriend reveals she's pregn[...]

With some 66 hits under his belt, Tomislav Bok?ic, or Toxic, has a flawless record as hitman for the Croatian mafia in New York. That is, until he kills the wrong guy and is forced to flee the States, leaving behind the life he knows and loves. Suddenly, he finds himself on a plane hurtling toward R[...]

»Jeg bor alene i en garage med en bærbar computer og en gammel håndgranat. Det er rigtig hyggeligt.«

I den østlige del af Reykjavik sidder en ældre kvinde i en garage og venter på at dø. I Hallgrímur Helgasons seneste roman har Herbjørg Maria Bjørnsson, også kaldet Herra, mistet a[...]