Reykjavik Nights
$24.99
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
1 September 2015
Summary
THE LIVING Erlendur has recently joined the police force as a young officer and immediately sinks into the darkness of Reykjavik’s underworld. Working nights, he discovers the city is full of car crashes, robberies, drinkers and fighters. And sometimes an unexplained death.
THE LOST A homeless man Erlendur knows is found drowned. But few people care. Or when a young woman on her way home from a club vanishes. Both cases go cold.
THE SE…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099587699 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0099587696 |
| Author: | Arnaldur Indridason, Victoria Cribb |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2015 |
| Weight: | 214g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 130mm x 18mm |
| Series: | Reykjavik Murder Mysteries |
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Critics Review
One of the greats of modern crime fiction * Sunday Times *
The king of Icelandic crime fiction * Financial Times *
An international literary phenomenon - and it’s easy to see why. His novels are gripping, authentic, haunting and lyrical * Harlan Coben *
One of the most accomplished series of detective novels in modern crime fiction – Joan Smith * Sunday Times *
A real pleasure – Mark Sanderson * Evening Standard *
The slow-burn solving of the mystery is intriguing enough, but fans will find the portrait of his young protagonist…far more fascinating… A real pleasure * Scotland on Sunday *
About The Author
Arnaldur Indridason
Arnaldur Indridason (Author)
Arnaldur Indridason worked for many years as a journalist and critic before he began writing novels. His books have since sold over 20 million copies worldwide. Outside Iceland, he is best known for his crime novels featuring Erlendur and Sigurdur li, which are consistent bestsellers across Europe. The series has won numerous awards, including the Nordic Glass Key and the CWA Gold Dagger. The Shadow District - the first book in the Reykjavik Wartime Mystery series - won the Premio RBA de Novela Negra, the world’s most lucrative crime fiction prize.
Victoria Cribb (Translator)
Victoria Cribb has spent the last twenty-five years immersed in Iceland’s language and literature. After reading Old Icelandic at Cambridge, she took an MA in Scandinavian Studies at University College London and a BPhil in Icelandic at the University of Iceland, before working in Iceland for a number of years as a publisher, journalist and translator. Since 2002 she has lived in London, working as a freelance translator, and currently also teaches Icelandic at University College London and in Cambridge. Her translations include The Blue Fox by Sj n and three novels in collaboration with Olaf Olafsson, as well as countless other works of fiction and non-fiction, published in books, anthologies and magazines. At present she is translating the latest crime novel by Arnaldur Indridason.
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