Exploring the influence of the Icelandic sagas on crime fiction and how it has shaped Icelandic culture and reading habits.
Iceland is one of the most peaceful countries in the world, but people there love to read about crime. Even the Prime Minister of Iceland has written a crime novel. We stopped by her office to ask why.
Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir and Ragnar Jónasson's book is Reykjavík.
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