Jar City The thrilling first installation of the Reykjavic Murder Mystery Series

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  • Engels
  • Hardcover
  • 9780099541837
  • 07 mei 2009
  • 338 pagina's
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Arnaldur Indridason

Arnaldur Indridason (Reykjavik, 1961) is historicus en schrijver. Hij won de Martin Beck Award (voor de beste thriller in Noord-Europa) en de CWA Gold Dagger Award (de grootste prijs voor het spannende boek). De boeken van Arnaldur Indridason zijn in veertig talen vertaald en er zijn twaalf miljoen exemplaren van verkocht. Geen IJslandse schrijver is zo populair, niet alleen in eigen land, maar ook daarbuiten.

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An old man is found murdered in his Reykjavik flat.

A cryptic note and a photograph of a young girl's grave are left behind.


DID THE DEAD MAN'S PAST COME BACK TO HAUNT HIM?


Inspector Erlendur discovers that several decades ago the victim was accused, but not convicted, of an unsolved crime.





An old man is found murdered in his Reykjavik flat.

A cryptic note and a photograph of a young girl's grave are left behind.


DID THE DEAD MAN'S PAST COME BACK TO HAUNT HIM?


Inspector Erlendur discovers that several decades ago the victim was accused, but not convicted, of an unsolved crime. As he follows a fascinating trail of strange forensic evidence, Inspector Erlendur uncovers secrets that are much larger than the murder of one man - dark secrets that have been carefully guarded for many, many years...
'A fascinating window on an unfamiliar world as well as an original and puzzling mystery' Val McDermid

'A chilling Icelandic saga of the DNA age' Independent

FROM CWA GOLD DAGGER AWARD-WINNING CRIME WRITER ARNALDUR INDRIDASON

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en
Bindwijze
Hardcover
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum
07 mei 2009
Aantal pagina's
338
Illustraties
Nee

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Hoofdauteur
Arnaldur Indridason
Tweede Auteur
Arnaldur Indridason
Hoofduitgeverij
Vintage

Vertaling

Eerste Vertaler
Bernard Scudder
Originele titel
Jar City: A Reykjavik Murder Mystery

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131 mm
Product hoogte
27 mm
Product lengte
201 mm
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129 mm
Verpakking hoogte
27 mm
Verpakking lengte
202 mm
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250 g

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9780099541837

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  • Intelligent and entertaining

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    • Fantasierijk
    • Meeslepend verhaal
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    Jar City is a section of Reykjavik where housing was built on former swamp ground. In one of the district’s houses a dead man is found on the ground floor of his house. He was a retired truck driver. His home is neat and clean, but there hangs a strange smell, prompting intensive police investigation in all directions, because murder is rare in Iceland with its 320.000+ citizens.
    This novel is situated in 2001. Read earlier AIs searing prequel to the Erlendur series from 2012 about the famous 1972 Spassky-Fischer chess duel for the world title, which was staged in Reykjavik. In that book, which has to date not appeared in English translation, Erlendur makes his first appearance as a young uniformed cop in the very last sentence of the book. Now I read about him for the second time. He is 50 now and has been divorced for two decades. His two grown up children are not doing well. He himself fits perfectly in the tradition of Martin Beck, Kurt Wallander and other gloomy Nordic crime fighters: he smokes too much, eats badly, sits most of his waking hours and appears to have heart trouble already.
    As in the prequel, AI develops more than his illustrious examples multiple story lines. In addition to the murder case, he starts a line of inquiry on Erlendur’s addicted daughter and another in what makes Iceland unique: a genetically almost homogeneous population whose genealogies and (hereditary)disease patterns have been perfectly researched, documented and securely stored. Or are they really?
    Lots of cliffhangers pushed this reader on and on. Thrilling finish.

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