Reykjavik Nights
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3.8 • 18 Ratings
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
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 SEARCHER
Two lost people from two different worlds. Erlendur is not an investigator, but his instincts tell him their fates are worth pursuing. How could they be linked?
IN THE HEART OF THE NIGHT
Inexorably, he is drawn into the blackness of the city’s underbelly, where everyone is in the dark or on the run.
'One of the most accomplished series of detective novels in modern crime fiction' - Sunday Times
'An international literary phenomenon - and it's easy to see why. His novels are gripping, authentic, haunting and lyrical' - Harlan Coben
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In this riveting prequel set in late-1960s Reykjav k, Indridason plumbs the backstory of his series lead, somber Insp. Erlendur Sveinsson. As a young cop, Erlendur patrols at night, writes speeding tickets, and escorts drunks to the station house. When Hannibal, a tramp he's acquainted with, dies of apparently natural causes, Erlendur starts to investigate on his own time. In the process, he learns about Reykjav k's down-and-out population which Indridason presents humanely and without sentimentality and about becoming a detective. His obsession with Hannibal and what happened to him foreshadows the concerns of the more mature Erlendur in books set years later, such as 2014's Strange Shores. Erlendur connects Hannibal's case to that of a missing woman and a criminal enterprise that may strike readers as amateurish (one tactic is stolen from the then-new TV detective show Ironside). The investigation slowly but surely gathers powerful, page-turning momentum. This installment stands on its own, but it's all the more impressive for giving new insight into Erlendur.
Customer Reviews
Reykjavik Nights
This is a pretty good murder mystery, which sheds a fairly good glimpse into Icelandic geography, culture and Reykjavik's underbelly. The characters are well developed, believable and accurately portrayed for their respective sides of right and wrong. I would recommend this book to any mystery enthusiast, particularly those that have been to, or are interested in Iceland
Awful translation
The English translation of this book is simply awful. Can't you hire a better English translator? It is too bad, as it takes away from the pleasure of reading this mystery!