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Winterkill / Ragnar Jónasson ; translated from the French edition by David Warriner.

Ragnar Jónasson, 1976- (author.). Warriner, David (Linguist), (translator.).

Record details

ISBN: 1913193462 : HRD
ISBN: 9781913193461 : HRD
ISBN: 9781913193461
ISBN: 1913193462
Physical Description: 225 pages : maps ; 21 cm.
Publisher: London : Orenda Books, 2020.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Original language: Icelandic.

"First published in French as Sigló, 2020"--Page opposite title page.

Summary, etc.:

"Easter weekend is approaching, and snow is gently falling in Siglufjoerdur, the northernmost town in Iceland, as crowds of tourists arrive to visit the majestic ski slopes. Ari Thor Arason is now a police inspector, but he's separated from his girlfriend, who lives in Sweden with their three-year-old son. A family reunion is planned for the holiday, but a violent blizzard is threatening and there is an unsettling chill in the air. Three days before Easter, a nineteen-year-old local girl falls to her death from the balcony of a house on the main street. A perplexing entry in her diary suggests that this may not be an accident, and when an old man in a local nursing home writes 'She was murdered' again and again on the wall of his room, there is every suggestion that something more sinister lies at the heart of her death... As the extreme weather closes in, cutting the power and access to Siglufjoerdur, Ari Thor must piece together the puzzle to reveal a horrible truth ... one that will leave no one unscathed."--Provided by publisher.