Details Abstract: When a lonely old man is found murdered in his Reykjavik flat, the only clues are a cryptic note left by the killer and a photograph of a young girl's grave. The genetics environment is also heavily featured here and explains how Iceland is like a big genetic experiment since it is largely monocultural with a small population. Jar city : a Reykjavik thriller Find a copy in the library Finding libraries that hold this item. The genetics environment is also heavily featured here and explains how Iceland is like a big genetic experiment since it is largely monocultural with a small population. Not something you come across in central London let’s say. The landscape adds to the uniqueness of day to day events such as when a car nearly skids into a “lava field”. ISBN: 0312426380 Jar City: A Reykjavik Thriller (Part of the Inspector Erlendur Y2 (3) Series and Inspector Erlendur English Translation Order (1) Series) by Arnaldur Indriðason See Customer Reviews Select Format Hardcover 3.99 - 4.69 Paperback 4.19 - 16.

Painful interviews and even more painful reminders are revealed and the Icelandic way of keeping secrets and hiding shame proves to be a hard shell to crack.Īrnaldur appears to write for Icelanders – ie excellent and complex characters and a very real, raw and authentic Icelandic cultural and physical setting. Jar City, also known as Tainted Blood (Icelandic: Mrin, The Bog) ( listen (helpinfo)), is a crime novel by Icelandic author Arnaldur Indriason. A well written story nonetheless with a grim situation unfolding in a land where it always seems to be raining!Īs Erlendur is called in to investigate the apparent murder of an elderly man in Reykjavik, there is a lot more to the situation that meets the eye, and so he starts to investigate deep into this man’s past as well as the motives for killing him. About the Author ARNALDUR INDRIASON won the CWA Gold Dagger Award for Silence of the Grave and is the only author to win the Glass Key Award for Best Nordic Crime Novel two years in a row, for Jar City and.

Bleak landscape, bleak characters, bleak story. Jar City is the first in a new and exciting series of crime novels from the land of the saga, and was a runaway success in Iceland.

Jar City by Arnaldur Indriðason