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Jar City

An unsettling Icelandic police procedural where past crimes haunt the present, from the CWA Gold Dagger Award Winner

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Jar City

By: Arnaldur Indridason, Bernard Scudder - translator
Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
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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. 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…

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‘A chilling Icelandic saga of the DNA age’ Independent

FROM CWA GOLD DAGGER AWARD-WINNING CRIME WRITER ARNALDUR INDRIDASON

 Crime Crime Thrillers International Mystery & Crime Mystery Police Procedural Suspense Thriller Thriller & Suspense Fiction

Critic Reviews

A chilling read
Highly recommended...thoroughly gripping...impressively moving
A chilling Icelandic saga of the DNA age. This careful, sparsely-written book operates at a deeper level than most crime fiction
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An ok light read but a bit ordinary. I was able to guess the motive for the murder the story is based around from very early on and the killer is signposted from miles away. The story never rises to any great heights, it more just meekly unfolds in front of you - no tension or drama at any point. There is also a subplot based around the detective and his daughter which seems to be there solely for the purpose of writing the final line of the book but seems otherwise pointless. Don’t think I’d return for other books in this series.

Maybe an ok holiday read

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The story is pretty good. The narrator’s character work is schlocky, his old men and all his women are… not good, almost pantomime, so much so they detract from the book. His pronunciation of Icelandic locations is amazing despite which I couldn’t shake the impression he’s South African.

Decent Scandi Noir

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A great performance all round - only negative is Saul's narration of various characters are at times hard to tell apart. Otherwise 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Great story, great performance overall!

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This is a terrific series with one of my favourite narrators Saul Reichlin. I so enjoyed this. So sad but that’s life I guess.

Love Iceland

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