Reykjavík

Paperback / softback. New. <p><b>An ice-cold mystery haunts Reykjavík in 1986, in this heart-stopping crime novel co-written by the Icelandic Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdottir</b></p><p><br />‘A <b>classic crime novel</b>, its noir at its finest’ <i>The Sunday Times</i><br /><br /><b>‘Nordic noir at its most authoritative’ </b><i>Financial Times</i><br /><br />---<br /><br /><b>What happened to Lara?</b><br /><br />Iceland, 1956. Fourteen-year-old Lara spends the summer on the small island of Videy, just off the coast of Reykjavík.<br /><br /> In early August, the girl disappears without a trace.<br /><br /> The mystery becomes Iceland's greatest unsolved case. What happened to the young girl? Is she still alive? Did she leave the island, or did something happen to her there?<br /><br /> Thirty years later, journalist Valur Robertsson begins his own investigation into Lara's case. But as he draws closer to discovering the secret, it's soon clear that this is a mystery someone will stop at nothing to keep unsolved...<br /><br />---<br /><br /><b>‘A crime novel with a difference</b>’ <i>Guardian</i><br /><br />‘A <b>beautifully constructed </b>mystery by two super smart partners in crime’ Anthony Horowitz <br /><br />‘I read all 349 pages in one go and enjoyed every second…The twist at the halfway point of the book hits the reader like a wave of the ice cold Atlantic Ocean’ <i>Fréttablaðið Newspaper</i><br /><br />‘Loved it!’ Ann Cleeves <br /></p>