Rupture
Idioma: inglés
Editorial: Orenda Books, 2017
Serie: Libro 3 de 6 - Dark Iceland
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THE THIRD INSTALMENT IN THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING DARK ICELAND SERIES OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD With a stalker on the loose and the town of Siglufjörður in quarantine, a child goes missing, as Icelandic police officer Ari Thór Arason investigates the cold case of a mysterious death on an isolated fjord? 'A world-class crime writer' Sunday Times ?Ragnar does claustrophobia beautifully? Ann Cleeves ?A modern take on an Agatha Christie-style mystery, as twisty as any slalom?? Ian Rankin ________________1955.Two young couples move to the uninhabited, isolated fjord of Hedinsfjörður. Their stay ends abruptly when one of the women meets her death in mysterious circumstances. The case is never solved. Fifty years later an old photograph comes to light, and it becomes clear that the couples may not have been alone on the fjord after all? In nearby Siglufjörður, young policeman Ari Thór tries to piece together what really happened that fateful night, in a town where no one wants to know, where secrets are a way of life. He?s assisted by Ísrún, a news reporter in Reykjavik, who is investigating an increasingly chilling case of her own. Things take a sinister turn when a child goes missing in broad daylight. With a stalker on the loose, and the town of Siglufjörður in quarantine, the past might just come back to haunt them.Haunting, frightening and complex, Rupture is a dark and atmospheric thriller from one of Iceland?s foremost crime writers. ________________ ?Traditional and beautifully finessed? morally more equivocal than most traditional whodunnits, and it offers alluring glimpses of darker, and infinitely more threatening horizons? Independent ?Jónasson?s books have breathed new life into Nordic noir? Jake Kerridge, Sunday Express 'British aficionados of Nordic Noir are familiar with two excellent Icelandic writers, Arnaldur Indridason and Yrsa Sigurdardottir. Here?s a third: Ragnar Jónasson ? the darkness and cold are palpable? Marcel Berlins, Times ?Ragnar Jónasson writes with a chilling, poetic beauty? Peter James ?Chilling, poetic beauty? a must-read!? Peter James ?A clever, complex and haunting thriller ? unexpected and gripping? Lancashire Post ?A chiller of a thriller?Washington Post ?Puts a lively, sophisticated spin on the Agatha Christie model, taking it down intriguing dark alleys? Kirkus Reviews ?The best sort of gloomy storytelling? Chicago Tribune. …
N° de ref. del artículo CIN1910633577VG
- Título
- Rupture
- Autor
- Ragnar Jónasson
- Editorial
- Orenda Books
- Año de publicación
- 2017
- Estado
- Very Good
- Encuadernación
- Paperback
- Idioma
- inglés
- ISBN 10
- 1910633577
- ISBN 13
- 9781910633571
- Serie
- Libro 3 de 6: Dark Iceland
OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD
With a stalker on the loose and the town of Siglufjörður in quarantine, a child goes missing, as Icelandic police officer Ari Thór Arason investigates the cold case of a mysterious death on an isolated fjord…
'A world-class crime writer' Sunday Times
‘Ragnar does claustrophobia beautifully’ Ann Cleeves
‘A modern take on an Agatha Christie-style mystery, as twisty as any slalom…’ Ian Rankin
________________
1955.Two young couples move to the uninhabited, isolated fjord of Hedinsfjörður. Their stay ends abruptly when one of the women meets her death in mysterious circumstances. The case is never solved. Fifty years later an old photograph comes to light, and it becomes clear that the couples may not have been alone on the fjord after all…
In nearby Siglufjörður, young policeman Ari Thór tries to piece together what really happened that fateful night, in a town where no one wants to know, where secrets are a way of life. He’s assisted by Ísrún, a news reporter in Reykjavik, who is investigating an increasingly chilling case of her own. Things take a sinister turn when a child goes missing in broad daylight. With a stalker on the loose, and the town of Siglufjörður in quarantine, the past might just come back to haunt them.
Haunting, frightening and complex, Rupture is a dark and atmospheric thriller from one of Iceland’s foremost crime writers.
________________
‘Traditional and beautifully finessed… morally more equivocal than most traditional whodunnits, and it offers alluring glimpses of darker, and infinitely more threatening horizons’ Independent
‘Jónasson’s books have breathed new life into Nordic noir’ Jake Kerridge, Sunday Express
'British aficionados of Nordic Noir are familiar with two excellent Icelandic writers, Arnaldur Indridason and Yrsa Sigurdardottir. Here’s a third: Ragnar Jónasson … the darkness and cold are palpable’ Marcel Berlins, Times
’Ragnar Jónasson writes with a chilling, poetic beauty’ Peter James
‘Chilling, poetic beauty… a must-read!’ Peter James
‘A clever, complex and haunting thriller … unexpected and gripping’ Lancashire Post
‘A chiller of a thriller’Washington Post
‘Puts a lively, sophisticated spin on the Agatha Christie model, taking it down intriguing dark alleys’ Kirkus Reviews
‘The best sort of gloomy storytelling’ Chicago Tribune
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Acerca del autor
Quentin Bates escaped English suburbia as a teenager, jumping at the chance of a gap year working in Iceland. For a variety of reasons, the gap year stretched to become a gap decade, during which time he went native in the north of Iceland, acquiring a new language a new profession as a seaman and a family, before decamping en masse for England. He worked as a truck driver, teacher, netmaker and trawlerman at various times before falling into journalism, largely by accident. He is the author of a series of crime novels set in present-day Iceland (Frozen Out, Cold Steal, Chilled to the Bone, Winterlude, Cold Comfort and Thin Ice which have been published worldwide. He has translated all of Ragnar Jónasson’s Dark Iceland series.
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