Rupture / Ragnar Jónasson ; translated by Quentin Bates.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ragnar Jónasson, 1976- author.

Contributor:

Department of Germanic Languages Book Fund.

Bates, Quentin, translator.

Series:

Ragnar Jónasson, 1976- Dark Iceland series ; 4.

Dark Iceland ; 4

Standardized Title:

Rof. English

Language:

English

Icelandic

Subjects (All):

Iceland--Fiction.

Iceland.

Cold cases (Criminal investigation)--Fiction.

Cold cases (Criminal investigation).

Murder--Investigation--Iceland--Fiction.

Murder.

Police--Iceland--Fiction.

Police.

Murder--Investigation.

Local Subjects:

Iceland--Fiction.

Genre:

Detective and mystery fiction.

Fiction.

Psychological fiction.

Thrillers (Fiction)

Suspense fiction.

Noir fiction.

Physical Description:

xxi, 244 pages : maps ; 21 cm

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Minotaur Books, [2019]

Language Note:

In English, translated from the Icelandic.

Summary:

"Young policeman Ari Thór tries to solve a 50-year-old murder when new evidence surfaces. But the case proves difficult in a town where no one wants to know the truth, 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 in quarantine, the past might just come back to haunt them."-- publisher's description.

1955. Two young couples move to the uninhabited, isolated fjord of Hedinsfjörður. 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. He is assisted by Ísrún, a news reporter in Reykjavik, who is investigating an increasingly chilling case of her own.

New evidence for a 50-year-old murder surfaces, leading young policeman Ari Thor to reopen the investigation. But even with the help of a news reporter in town to chase a mystery of her own, Siglufjo̘rdur is a small town that hangs onto its secrets--no matter the cost. -- adapted from publisher description.

Notes:

"An Ari Thór thriller"--Jacket.

"First published in Iceland under the title Rof by Verold. Previously published in Great Britain by Orenda Books"--Title page verso.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Department of Germanic Languages Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781250193353

1250193354

9781250193346

1250193346

9781910633571

1910633577

OCLC:

1043960429

Publisher Number:

99980387228