The Killing Bay
Faroes novel 2
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5.0 • 3 Ratings
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- $13.99
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
When a group of international activists arrive on the Faroe Islands, intent on stopping the traditional whale hunts, tensions between islanders and protestors run high. And when a woman is found viciously murdered only hours after a violent confrontation, the circumstances seem purposely designed to increase animosity between the two sides.
As English DI Jan Reyna and local detective Hjalti Hentze investigate, it becomes increasingly clear that the murder has other, more sinister aspects to it, and that crucial evidence is being hidden. Neither policeman knows who to trust, or how far some people might go to defend their beliefs.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Ould's stellar second novel set in the Faroe Islands (after 2016's The Blood Strand) finds Jan Reyn , a police detective who was born in the Faroes but raised in England, still seeking answers about his past. When a member of the Atlantic Wildlife Conservation Alliance, a group of environmental activists who were recently protesting a traditional Faroese whale hunt, turns up dead in a stone hut, Reyn helps the local police in the ensuing murder investigation. One of them, Det. Hjalti Hentze, has family ties that place him uncomfortably close to the case. Reyn gets a better understanding of the phlegmatic, intensely private nature of the people in this small, faraway place, which Ould conveys with a deft, perceptive touch. The motivations of the activist victim, the prime suspect, and the people helping Reyn 's exploration of his long-buried family history all prove more complex and nuanced than they first appear. As the action builds to a thoughtful and satisfying resolution, Ould plants the seeds of the conclusion to his Faroes trilogy, which fans will eagerly anticipate.
