Photoshoot today in Reykjavík for my publisher @forlagid for the cover of my next book. The book isn’t out untill March but at least the author photo is ready! #gunnarfreyrphotography

In Red as Blood, a man comes home to a silent house. There are signs of a struggle. And his wife is gone. On the table is a note. With the kind of demand that leaves no good choices. #RedAsBlood #NordicNoir @orendabooks.bsky.social

Join me at the MOTIVE Crime and Mystery Festival June 5th-7th in Toronto Canada! Passes are available now! Link in bio. #motive2026 @orendabooks.bsky.social

The FINAL instalment of the #AnÁróraInvestigationSeries by @liljawriter.bsky.social (t. Lorenza Garcia) is OUT NOW😍 Perfect for readers of Camilla Läckberg, Karin Slaughter, Eva Björg Ægisdóttir and Jo Nesbø.🙌 GET HERE: 🔗 geni.us/v0avX #TeamOrenda #nordicnoir #bookSky

Finnish readers - now’s your chance! 🇫🇮📚 My thriller Loukku (Snare) is out in paperback in Finnish, just in time to catch up before Verkko (Trap) the second book in the series, is published next week. Hyviä lukuhetkiä! ✨ #kirjat #dekkarit #suomenkielisetkirjat

Áróra returns to Iceland when her sister goes missing. No one seems to know what happened. But there’s one thing Áróra can’t escape: the last time her sister reached out, she didn’t answer. And now it’s too late to call back. #NordicNoir #CrimeFiction @orendabooks.bsky.social

Happy Easter! 🌼

🇬🇧UK KINDLE DEAL ALERT🇬🇧 Two CHILLING #IcelandicThrillers are on sale in the UK this April!😱 #BoysWhoHurt by Eva Björg Ægisdóttir (tr. Victoria Cribb)💜 🔗https://shorturl.at/BCklf AND #DarkAsNight by @liljawriter.bsky.social (tr. Shari Lapena)💙 🔗https://shorturl.at/dsFch #TeamOrenda #Kindle

Looking for your #NextRead? #BlackAsDeath by @liljawriter.bsky.social (t. Lorenza Garcia) is the chilling finale to #AnÁróraInvestigationSeries readers have been waiting for… Don’t miss it!
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Dear Icelandic weather gods: we are preparing for Easter, not Christmas. Wrong holiday, wrong vibe ❄️🐣😂 #Iceland #snow

Feeling very welcome at Gustavus Adolphus College in Minnesota, where I’ll be spending time as a Writer in Residence. I’ve even been given my own office at the college so I’m feeling very academic right now! Looking forward to meeting students and talking about crime fiction.

#BlackAsDeath by @liljawriter.bsky.social (t. Lorenza Garcia), the breathtaking finale to the twisty and immersive #AnÁróraInvestigationSeries IS OUT NOW!🙌 As Áróra and her friends search for answers, they may find themselves places even darker than death…😱 🔗 geni.us/v0avX

I love this! 💜 My Dutch publisher is celebrating International Women’s Day by highlighting books with strong female characters. Here’s to powerful women in fiction and in real life! 🎉 #InternationalWomensDay #WomenInFiction #StrongFemaleCharacters #IWD

The unmissable finale to the chilling, twisty, award-winning #AnÁróraInvestigationSeries by @liljawriter.bsky.social (t. Lorenza Garcia) is AVAILABLE NOW😍 Perfect for readers of Camilla Läckberg, Karin Slaughter, Eva Björg Ægisdóttir and Jo Nesbø.🙌 GET NOW: 🔗 geni.us/v0avX #TeamOrenda #books

Finally we can tell! Satu Rämö and I are writing a book together! Yay! Wild Card will be published in Finnish and Icelandic in 2027 and we hope it will also find its way to other languages. It is an immense joy to work on a book with a dear friend. ❤️ @wsoyks.bsky.social

Looking for your next dark obsession? The first TWO books in the Áróra series are on a UK Kindle Monthly Deal this February 🔥 Cold cases. Family secrets. A heroine who never backs down. Start at the beginning — and enter Áróra’s world. #NordicNoir #AroraInvestigates @orendabooks.bsky.social

Amazing authors, dark twists, gripping investigations, unforgettable detectives and conversations about the craft of crime writing at #HelsinkiNoir this weekend! @ellygriffiths.bsky.social

Can’t wait to share the stage with the fab Satu Rämö and @ellygriffiths.bsky.social in the Oodi library in Helsinki on Thursday! The event is in English and starts at six. A great warmup for the #HelsinkiNoir weekend!

Such a joy to be at Granite Noir 🖤 A wonderful conversation about my books with Jacky Collins, brilliant readers, and lovely catch-ups with writer friends. I’m heading back to Glasgow inspired and grateful. #GraniteNoirX #CrimeFiction #NordicNoir

Excellent #granitenoirx Literature at Lunchtime session with Icelandic Noir author @liljawriter.bsky.social and chaired by @jackycnoir64.bsky.social Covering Lilja's books, coffee and lots else

The fantastic @dougjohnstone.bsky.social speaking about his books and writing career in interview with Brian Burnett. If you haven’t read Doug’s Skelf-series check it out now - fantastic crime fiction set in Edinburgh. @orendabooks.bsky.social #granitenoirx

Granite Noir is off to a good start! The first panel I see is great writing pair Johana Gustawson and Thomas Enger. Fantastic storytellers both of them. @orendabooks.bsky.social #granitenoirx

Clear my schedule, cancel my plans, and hand me a blanket because I’m not moving until I’ve read the last page. Hurry up, publication day! When is it out @radiomukhers.bsky.social ?

Come see me in Aberdeen on Friday where I will be speaking at Granite Noir Festival of Crime Fiction. I will be interviewed by the fab Dr Noir (Jacky Collins) and we can promise a good conversation! Friday 20 Feb 2026 1:00pm MH Big Sky Studio £10.50 Tickets: tinyurl.com/5n7un8dn #GraniteNoirX

The Monday before Lent means bollur: cream-filled choux buns with jam & chocolate and kids waking their parents with decorated sticks, spanking them and shouting “Bolla! Bolla! Bolla!” (one puff per whack 😄). Sweetest tradition of the year. ✨ #Bolludagur #Iceland

No need for streetlamps when the Aurora is this bright! Everything was bathed in a green glow last night. #iceland #Northenlights

We are so excited to announce that @liljawriter.bsky.social will be speaking at #GraniteNoir2026: Literature at Lunchtime🙌 Chaired by Jacky Collins ✨EVENT DETAILS✨ 🗓️ Friday 20 Feb 2026 🕜 1:00pm 📍 MH Big Sky Studio 🏷️ £10.50 🔗 tinyurl.com/5n7un8dn #TeamOrenda #GraniteNoirX

Back to Aberdeen soon — and I couldn’t be happier. 🖤 Counting the days until Granite Noir with its great conversations, brilliant writers, and the joy of being among readers who love dark stories as much as I do. See you soon, Aberdeen! #GraniteNoirX #CrimeFiction #Aberdeen @orendabooks.bsky.social

Traditional Icelandic Thorri celebration menu: Dried fish, Sheep heads pie, Pickled ram testicles, Lactose-fermented caul fat and Rotten shark (yes, on purpose) who’s hungry?

Premiere of the Hildur tv series based on ‘Clues in the fjord” by Satu Rämö. So excited! #saturamo #hildurtv #hildur

So happy that ⱯLFA has been named ‘Crime Novel of the Year’ by Morgunblaðið — the biggest newspaper in Iceland. Feeling grateful, proud, and a little bit stunned. #booksoftheyear #icelandbooks @orendabooks.bsky.social

A nice light show tonight in Reykjavík! #NorthernLights

A little reading holiday in the sun, turning pages I’ve been meaning to turn for far too long. And loving every minute of it! 📚 Wishing you all a very happy New Book Year! May your TBR pile be ambitious, your reading time uninterrupted, and your books always better than expected.

Iceland looking icy again ❄️ #iceland

Give the gift of e-books for a chilling Icelandic Christmas! The first four books in my An Áróra Investigation series are on sale together for just 1.99. A perfect present for others, or perhaps for yourself! 🥶🩸❄️ geni.us/X1mvn

🚨🚨BARGAIN ALERT!!🚨🚨 Another fabulous package deal from the #Christmas Elves at @orendabooks.bsky.social! The first 4 of @liljawriter.bsky.social 's brilliant & intriguing Áróra Investigates series for less than 2 of your bright shiny pounds! If you're not hooked already, don't miss this! #BookSky 🇮🇸

Loved our Newcastle Noir panel with Ørjan Karlsson and Eva Björg Ægisdóttir. Great conversation sparked by Karen Sullivan and the audience whom brought the excellent questions. #NewcastleNoir @orendabooks.bsky.social

Great to catch two of my fave authors in one panel! Mari Hannah and Kate Rhoades @ Newcastle Noir @orendabooks.bsky.social

My latest book ∀LFA just got shortlisted for the Icelandic Crime Fiction Awards! Feeling honoured and thrilled. @orendabooks.bsky.social

So proud to see ∀LFA on my publisher’s top list of best-selling books in October. A wonderful boost heading into the Icelandic Bookflood season! #∀LFA #authorlife #bestseller #crimefiction

A nice lightshow in my back garden last night 😍 #iceland

Finally finished "Black as Death" by @liljawriter.bsky.social Brilliant writing as always! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ You should start with the first Áróra book, though. #mystery #iceland #5starreview #booksky

Brilliant 5🌟 standalone from @liljawriter.bsky.social! (tr. @graskeggur.bsky.social) 🤩👌 #BookSky #Iceland 🔎💀📚💙

Touchdown in Höfn and greeted by that breathtaking glacier. South Iceland is always great to visit! #Höfn #Iceland

Super excited to join Ørjan Karlsson and Eva Björg Ægisdóttir for an event on December 6th at Newcastle Noir. Come chat crime fiction, Nordic noir vibes, writing secrets, and all things dark and twisty. We can’t wait to meet you there! #NewcastleNoir #NordicNoir @orendabooks.bsky.social

Lovely & brilliant @liljawriter.bsky.social interviewing hilarious YA author, wannabe mudlarker and apparently now, Icelandic stowaway as she's not leaving (it gets a lot of us that way!), @maureenjohnsonbooks.com! #IcelandNoir #Iceland #BookSky

What a joy to catch up with @nicolasturgeon.bsky.social on my home turf here in Iceland! 🇮🇸 She was in town for talks, lectures, and to promote her political memoir “Frankly” - I highly recommend it. Insightful, candid and impossible to put down. #authorslife #bookrecommendation

Fun days on the road with the brilliant Antti Tuomainen promoting our books “Black as Death” and “The Winter Job.” Lots of travel, laughs, bookshops, and lovely readers. So many moments to remember! 🖤 #booktour #nordicnoir @orendabooks.bsky.social

CAMBRIDGE! We are coming! Come see the wonderful Antti Tuomainen and I this Monday, Nov 10th at 18:30 at Bodies in the Bookshop. Dark Icelandic crime meets funny Finnish thrillers — the north in all its contrasts. #authorsontour @orendabooks.bsky.social

Our fabulous @liljawriter.bsky.social and Antti Tuomainen are coming to Aye Write on Sunday 9th November – 12.45pm – chatting to Neil McKay! They'll be discussing their new books #BlackAsDeath & #TheWinterJob BOOK TICKETS NOW! https://bit.ly/3KCm7wu ##BookSky #Glasgow #Scotland #CrimeFiction