The shadow district
Arnaldur Indridason, 1961-2018
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A 90-year-old man is found dead in his bed, smothered with his own pillow. On his desk the police find newspaper cuttings about a murder case dating from the Second World War, when a young woman was found strangled behind Reykjavik's National Theatre. Konrad, a former detective, is bored with retirement and remembers the crime. He grew up in 'the shadow district', a rough neighbourhood bordered by the National Theatre and an abattoir. Why would someone be interested in that crime now? He starts his own unofficial enquiry. Alternating between Konrad's investigation and the original police inquiry, we discover that two girls had been attacked in oddly similar circumstances. Did the police arrest the wrong man? How are these cases linked across the decades? And who is the old man?
Main title:
The shadow district / Arnaldur Indridason ; translated from the Icelandic by Victoria Cribb.
Author:
Arnaldur Indridason, 1961-, authorCribb, Victoria, translator
Work:
Imprint:
Rearsby : Clipper Large Print Books, 2018.
Collation:
400 pages (large print)
Notes:
Translated from the Icelandic.Standard print edition of this translation originally published: London: Harvill Secker, 2017.
ISBN:
9781528821414 (pbk)
Dewey class:
839.6935
LC class:
PT7511.A67
Language:
EnglishIcelandic
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BRN:
326578