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@onefootiniceland.bsky.social

#StellaBlomkvist is BRILLIANT - grab yourself a slice of this #Icelandic action and thank me later! #BookSky 🔎💀📚💙

Corylus Books @corylusbooks.bsky.social · Mar 18

This will be a third outing for #StellaBlomkvist in English - and she is as tough, uncompromising and funny as ever, a 'force of nature' #MurderTide
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March 18, 2025 at 3:38 PM

Corylus Books

@corylusbooks.bsky.social

This will be a third outing for #StellaBlomkvist in English - and she is as tough, uncompromising and funny as ever, a 'force of nature' #MurderTide
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...

March 18, 2025 at 12:13 PM

Corylus Books

@corylusbooks.bsky.social

Who's looking forward to more #StellaBlomkvist mischief, chaos... oh, and solving of crimes?
Pre-order www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DWBRKHTR

February 25, 2025 at 10:35 AM

Andy Wormald

@amwbooks.bsky.social

Day 11 of Book Advent featuring some of my standout reads of the year #StellaBlomkvist @corylusbooks.bsky.social #BookAdvent #BookSky

December 11, 2024 at 6:27 PM

Caroline G 📚

@loopyk.bsky.social

Tonight's book choice is Murder Tide by Stella Blómkvist, translated into English by @graskeggur.bsky.social
#AmReading
#MurderTide
#StellaBlómkvist
#QuentinBates
#BookSky 📚💙
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#Books

July 28, 2025 at 10:42 PM

𝕃.𝕁.𝔽𝕆𝕏 🇮🇸☕📚

@onefootiniceland.bsky.social

🚨🚨FANFARE!!🚨🚨
It's here! It's time! She's back!! The new #StellaBlómkvist has landed - for the price of one of her ink-black espressos you can own the next slice of Stella's sleuthing. And this one hits home, Stella has got a LOT going on, in more ways than one... #BookSky #Iceland #IcelandNoir 🔎💀📚

Corylus Books @corylusbooks.bsky.social · Mar 5

Happy Publication Day to the fiery Stella Blomkvist and her mysterious creator @stellablomkvist.bsky.social and translator @graskeggur.bsky.social
The Murder Pool is out today: and this time it runs in the family...

March 5, 2026 at 8:17 AM

Corylus Books

@corylusbooks.bsky.social

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

KC 😎📝 Casey's Pages

@fly276.bsky.social

Oooh, it's @corylusbooks.bsky.social time! Thank you 😎📚 Another translation by @graskeggur.bsky.social 👀💭✅ Are you ready for a new adventure with #StellaBlómkvist ?

May 31, 2025 at 3:18 PM

Corylus Books

@corylusbooks.bsky.social

'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

TripFiction

@tripfiction.bsky.social

"..wonderful descriptions contrasting the rural landscape and Reykjavik cityscape.."

The Murder Pool by Stella Blömkvist
TR: @graskeggur.bsky.social
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#StellaBlómkvist 4
#Iceland
@corylusbooks.bsky.social #blueskybooks #booksky

Murder mystery set in REYKJAVIK and rural ICELAND - TripFiction

The Murder Pool by Stella Blömkvist. Murder mystery set in Reykjavik and rural Iceland. Translated by Quentin Bates. Stella Blómkvist Book 4 The Murder

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March 18, 2026 at 8:45 AM

Angry Algonquin

@angryalgonquin.com

Read my review of "Murder Tide", an Icelandic #mystery with a mysterious author... #StellaBlómkvist

Angry Algonquin @angryalgonquin.com · Jul 17

Stella's back and more formidable than ever in "Murder Tide" and today's my day on the blog tour: "Stella is an unforgettable and eminently likeable character, if you like your cynicism and your whiskey nice and strong."
@corylusbooks.bsky.social @graskeggur.bsky.social @ewashe.bsky.social

Murder Tide—Stella Blómkvist

Published by Corylus Books; many thanks for giving me the opportunity to review "Murder Tide". The Stella Blómkvist books have been a bestselling series in Iceland since the first book was publishe...

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July 18, 2025 at 3:19 PM

Marina Sofia

@marinasofia.bsky.social

Have you seen our trailer for the forthcoming #Stellablomkvist? Great fun to translate, according to @graskeggur.bsky.social, even more fun to read, according to me! 😄😉

Corylus Books @corylusbooks.bsky.social · Mar 18

This will be a third outing for #StellaBlomkvist in English - and she is as tough, uncompromising and funny as ever, a 'force of nature' #MurderTide
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...

March 18, 2025 at 12:18 PM

Sue Thomas

@brownflopsy.bsky.social

Welcome to my stop on the #BlogTour for #TheMurderPool by Stella Blomkvist - book four in the gripping #StellaBlomkvist series. Translated by @graskeggur.bsky.social #IcelandicNoir

Out now from @corylusbooks.bsky.social 💙📚

brownflopsy.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-...

The Murder Pool (Stella Blomkvist Book Four) by Stella Blómkvist

The Murder Pool (Stella Blómkvist Book Four) by Stella Blómkvist. Translated by Quentin Bates. Published 5th March 2026 by Corylus Books. ...

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March 10, 2026 at 12:38 PM

Corylus Books

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'Trademark #StellaBlómkvist, a tightly-plotted triple-decker rollercoaster of murder, revenge, betrayal – and the unexpected' says @j-lbrbsblogs.bsky.social
@graskeggur.bsky.social
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Murder Tide by Stella Blómkvist (Book 3) translated by Quentin Bates #MurderTide #StellaBlomkvist #BlogTour @StellaBlomkv @GRASKEGGUR @CORYLUSB

It’s trademark Stella Blómkvist, a tightly-plotted triple-decker rollercoaster of murder, revenge, betrayal – and the unexpected. Book blurb The ruthless businessman left to drown by the risking ti…

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June 30, 2025 at 8:51 AM

Peter Fleming

@easthullpete.bsky.social

Can't wait, I love this series peterturnsthepage.wordpress.com/2024/05/10/m...

February 18, 2025 at 4:27 PM

Corylus Books

@corylusbooks.bsky.social

Have been offline for a bit thanks to London Book Fair and other travels, so apologies for the avalanche of posts from the excellent reviews of the latest #StellaBlomkvist. The Murder Pool seems to be a hit with readers, one of the best in the series...

March 19, 2026 at 10:29 AM

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@onefootiniceland.bsky.social

Sometimes life is a sh*t sandwich, as Mother said, but a new book out from #StellaBlómkvist, translated by the brilliant @graskeggur.bsky.social, never is! Get those preorders in folks; if you've met Stella before you know you won't regret it! Thanks to @corylusbooks.bsky.social for sharing her! 💙📚🇮🇸

Corylus Books @corylusbooks.bsky.social · Feb 25

Who's looking forward to more #StellaBlomkvist mischief, chaos... oh, and solving of crimes?
Pre-order www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DWBRKHTR

February 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM

Corylus Books

@corylusbooks.bsky.social

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

Corylus Books

@corylusbooks.bsky.social

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

West Words Publishing Services

@westwords.bsky.social

#StellaBlomkvist is back, and today it's my turn to tell you what she's been up to. @corylusbooks.bsky.social @graskeggur.bsky.social @ewashe.bsky.social @stellablomkvist.bsky.social
westwordsreviews.wordpress.com/2025/07/11/m...

Murder Tide | Stella Blómkvist

Few things have changed in the Stella-verse. She still loves her whiskey and espresso. She still has a razor-sharp tongue and a zero tolerance for bullshit. She still despises the “boys in black.” …

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July 11, 2025 at 8:16 AM

Corylus Books

@corylusbooks.bsky.social

That time of year when @crimefictionlover.bsky.social reviewers start sharing their Top 5 crime books of the year! Honoured that Paul Burke chose #StellaBlomkvist as one of his top reads 😍
crimefictionlover.com/2024/12/paul...

Paul Burke: Top five books of 2024 | Crime Fiction Lover

Our contributor Paul Burke looks back across the crime books he reviewed in 2024 and choses five of his personal favourites

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December 16, 2024 at 5:30 PM

Corylus Books

@corylusbooks.bsky.social

'I loved both the story pace and the brevity, the complex maze of daily social and political interactions... hope there will be another book in the series soon' Yes, #StellaBlomkvist will be back next year says @graskeggur.bsky.social Great review
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