Snowblind / Ragnar Jónasson ; translated by Quentin Bates.
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TextLanguage: English Original language: Icelandic Publisher: New York : Minotaur Books, 2017Copyright date: ©2015Edition: First U.S. editionDescription: 310 pages : maps ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781250096074 (hardback)Uniform titles: Snjóblinda. English. Subject(s): Violent crime -- Fiction | Police -- Fiction | Violent crimes -- Fiction | Iceland -- FictionGenre/Form: Detective and mystery fiction. | Thrillers (Fiction). DDC classification: 839/.6934 LOC classification: PT7511.R285 | S5613 2017Summary: "Siglufjörður: an idyllically quiet fishing village in Northern Iceland, where no one locks their doors -- accessible only via a small mountain tunnel. Ari Thór Arason: a rookie policeman on his first posting, far from his girlfriend in Reykjavik--with a past that he's unable to leave behind. When a young woman is found lying half-naked in the snow, bleeding and unconscious, and a highly esteemed, elderly writer falls to his death in the local theater, Ari is dragged straight into the heart of a community where he can trust no one, and secrets and lies are a way of life. Past plays tag with the present and the claustrophobic tension mounts, while Ari is thrust ever deeper into his own darkness -- blinded by snow, and with a killer on the loose. Taut and terrifying, Snowblind is a startling debut from an extraordinary new talent.
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"First published in Iceland under the title Snjoblinda. Previously published in Great Britain by Orenda Books" -- Verso title page.
"A thriller" -- Cover.
"Siglufjörður: an idyllically quiet fishing village in Northern Iceland, where no one locks their doors -- accessible only via a small mountain tunnel. Ari Thór Arason: a rookie policeman on his first posting, far from his girlfriend in Reykjavik--with a past that he's unable to leave behind. When a young woman is found lying half-naked in the snow, bleeding and unconscious, and a highly esteemed, elderly writer falls to his death in the local theater, Ari is dragged straight into the heart of a community where he can trust no one, and secrets and lies are a way of life. Past plays tag with the present and the claustrophobic tension mounts, while Ari is thrust ever deeper into his own darkness -- blinded by snow, and with a killer on the loose. Taut and terrifying, Snowblind is a startling debut from an extraordinary new talent.
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