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Jar City

œJar City” is Arnaldur Indridason’™s mystery that is at once taught, nail-biting, and strangely moving. It’™s also wonderful to see such a contemporary piece of crime fiction be so truly chilling. This prizewinning international bestseller is the first in a new series of crime novels set in IcelandA man is found murdered in his Reykjavik flat. There are no obvious clues apart from a cryptic note left on the body and a photograph of a young girl`s grave. Detective Erlendur is forced to use all the forensic resources available to find any leads at all. Delving into the dead man`s life he discovers that forty years ago he was accused of an appalling crime. Did his past come back to haunt him? Finally, Erlendur`s search leads him to Iceland`s Genetic Research Centre in order to find the disturbing answers to the mystery. The son of writer Indriรฐi G. รžorsteinsson, Indridason proves a literary force in his own right.