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The Icelandic crime writers does not disappoint. I have read another book by Ragnar Jónasson, Rupture ,  but The Darkness  is a different kind of story. They are both set against the wild landscape of Iceland and it gives a certain atmosphere to the stories. In a way, I guess, both books are similarly built up, although totally different.  Rupture  is set against and old story, cold case, that pops up out of the blue, and there is a dramatic family story to it.  The Darkness  is slightly different. Huld Hermannsdóttir is about to retire. She feels she has been neglected by her boss and colleagues and not taken seriously. When the boss tells her she should go earlier due to the arrival of a younger colleague, she becomes devastated. She already has problem coming to terms with retirement. The boss tells her to hand over her cases and maybe look into a cold case for her remaining weeks in the office. This leads her to the death of a Russian immigrant g...