Monday 17 September 2012

Book 77, Country 83 - Iceland

Tainted Blood by Arnaldur Indridason - translated from Icelandic and first published in the UK as Jar City in 2004

An excellent crime novel set in and around Reykjavik.  A man is murdered in his flat and a cryptic note is left behind by the murderer.  Detective Erlendur and his team delve into his past and discover that he was accused of rape 40 years earlier.  As they unravel more they discover that the true story is far more complicated than it first appears and involves Iceland's Genetic Research Centre.  The same team of detectives appears in other novels by the same author but each novel stands up well on its own.  Maps of Iceland and Reykjavik are included, which are useful for those of us whose geography of Icleand is minimal.   8/10

25th August 2012

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