Book 2 in the Dark Iceland Series. Ari Thór Arason is a policeman in the far northern village of Siglufjordur. Once the village was prosperous, in the days when the locals could make a good living fishing and processing herring. But the herring have long since disappeared from the seas off Siglufjordur. A new tunnel and highway under the looming mountains means the village is no longer cut off from the rest of Iceland (at least, not during the short summer season), so the villagers are hoping summer tourists will revitalize the local economy. Ari Thor is an outsider, shut out of the ties that bind the villagers together, but he cannot help but be aware of the simmering tensions beneath the surface. The villagers like to boast that no one locks their doors in Siglufjordur --- but Ari Thor knows better.
Then the seeming peace is shattered by murder. Ari Thor's boss, Inspector Herjolfur, is lured to a derelict house, ambushed and left to die in pouring rain in the dead of night. Suddenly all Iceland's attention is focused on Siglufjordur. As the arctic winter closes in, Ari Thor pursues a murderer through the maze of local politics, illicit drugs, deep-buried family secrets, and victims driven to kill their tormenters.
Another tour de force from a formidable new talent.
Click HERE to read Jonasson discussing the background of his novels and his family connection to the village of Siglufjordur in an essay published by the Irish Times.
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Click HERE to read the review from The Crime Review.
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