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The shadow killer / Arnaldur Indridason ; translated from the Icelandic by Victoria Cribb.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Icelandic Publisher: New York : Minotaur Books, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: First U.S. editionDescription: 356 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781250124043
  • 1250124042
Uniform titles:
  • Þyska húsið. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: "The Shadow Killer is the extraordinary second book in the compelling new series from award-winning Icelandic author Arnaldur Indridason, following The Shadow District. ... A man is found murdered in a small apartment in Reykjavík, shot in the head with a pistol. The police's attention is immediately drawn to the foreign soldiers who are on every street corner in the summer of 1941. So begins officers Flóvent and Thorson's investigation, which will lead them down a path darker than either of them expected, and force them to reckon with their own demons." -- Provided by publisher.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Vol info Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library Mystery Arnaldur Indridas RW 2 Available 33111008893774
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Mystery Arnaldur Indridas RW 2 Available 33111009197902
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The Shadow Killer is the extraordinary second book in the compelling new series from award-winning Icelandic author Arnaldur Indridason, following The Shadow District.

"Indridason is an international literary phenom." -Harlan Coben

"Puts Iceland on the map as a major destination for enthusiasts of Nordic crime fiction." -Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review

"One of the most brilliant crime writers of his generation."- The London Sunday Times

"No wonder Arnaldur Indridason won so many awards. He's a great storyteller, and American readers will overwhelmingly agree." -C.J. Box

A man is found murdered in a small apartment in Reykjavík, shot in the head with a pistol. The police's attention is immediately drawn to the foreign soldiers who are on every street corner in the summer of 1941. So begins officers Flóvent and Thorson's investigation, which will lead them down a path darker than either of them expected, and force them to reckon with their own demons.

"A Thomas Dunne Book."

"First published in Iceland under the title Pyska husid by Vaka-Helgafell" -- ECIP galley.

"The Shadow Killer is the extraordinary second book in the compelling new series from award-winning Icelandic author Arnaldur Indridason, following The Shadow District. ... A man is found murdered in a small apartment in Reykjavík, shot in the head with a pistol. The police's attention is immediately drawn to the foreign soldiers who are on every street corner in the summer of 1941. So begins officers Flóvent and Thorson's investigation, which will lead them down a path darker than either of them expected, and force them to reckon with their own demons." -- Provided by publisher.

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