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Myrknætti

Ragnar Jónasson

20161 pagesabout 5–10 minutes
2016
first published
  • 2016Orenda Books · ENGISBN 9781910633489
  • 2017Orenda Books · 276 pages · ENGISBN 9781910633465
  • 2018St. Martin's Press · ENGISBN 9781250171078
  • 2018Minotaur Books · 252 pages · ENGISBN 9781250171054
  • 2018Blackstone Audio · 1 pagesISBN 9781538554494
  • 2021Booket · 368 pagesISBN 9788432239076
  • 2020Seix Barral · 368 pagesISBN 9788432237089

On the shores of a tranquil fjord in Northern Iceland, a man is brutally beaten to death on a bright summer's night. As the 24-hour light of the arctic summer is transformed into darkness by an ash cloud from a recent volcanic eruption, a young reporter leaves Reykajvik to investigate on her own, unaware that an innocent person's life hangs in the balance. Ari Thor Arason and his colleagues on the tiny police force in Siglufjordur struggle with an increasingly perplexing case, while their own serious personal problems push them to the limit. What secrets does the dead man harbour, and what is the young reporter hiding? As silent, unspoken horrors from the past threaten them all, and the darkness deepens, it's a race against time to find the killer before someone else dies...

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