Fabulous Fiction Firsts #35 (What I did this summer)

Sun, 09/24/2006 - 11:31am by muffy

Nordic mysteries.

If you like Sun Storm and Borkmann’s Point, you might just like these…

Jar City is a thriller by Icelandic author Arnaldur Indriðason, the first to be translated by Bernard Scudder from Icelandic. Set in modern day Reykjavik, this police procedural is as twisted as its city streets and as chilling as the arctic wind. It also introduces Inspector Erlendur, a dogged loner of a policeman with a few secrets of his own. Jar City won the Glass Key Award for Best Nordic Crime Novel 2002. (Reviews).

Silence of the Grave is another cold case for Erlendur and his team. It explores even deeper into the complex psychological character of this desolate and windswept community and its unspoken secrets. Besides the 2003 Glass Key Award, Silence also won the British CWA’s Golden Dagger Award 2005.

For additional titles on forthcoming new thrillers/mysteries… go to Overbooked’s Crime Fiction Stars.