Ingvi Þór Kormáksson draws your attention to the new exciting books at the library.
Deon Meyer is a remarkable writer from South Africa. The setting of his books is mainly in Cape Town. Thirteen Hours (2011) and Trackers (2011) are two new detective stories in English by him.
Two books by Michael Ridpath have been recently published in Icelandic. The author lived in US and is now working here in Iceland. Hringnum lokað (2010) and Hefndarþorsti (2011) are two well readable detective stories we recommend.
Klækir is a book by Sigurjón Pálsson that come out only before Christmas last year. Events taking place in Iceland in the period 1964 - 2009 are described in the book. More about the book Bókmenntir.is
Litháinn is one more exciting detective in Icelandic by Þorlák Má Árnason. The book tells a story of a man from Lithuania who moves to Iceland.
You can look up the books here.