The shadow district
Subtitle: a thriller
By: Arnaldur Indriðason ; translated from the Icelandic by Victoria Cribb
Contributors: Cribb, Victoria, translator
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Publisher: Minotaur Books, an imprint of St. Martin's Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9781250124029
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Murder; Investigation; World War, 1939-1945; Fiction
Work titles: Skuggasund
Description: "A deeply compassionate story of old crimes and their consequences, The Shadow District is the first in a thrilling new series by internationally bestselling author Arnaldur Indridason. THE PAST In wartime Reykjavik, a young woman is found strangled in 'the shadow district', a rough and dangerous area of the city. An Icelandic detective and a member of the American military police are on the trail of a brutal killer. THE PRESENT A 90-year-old man is discovered dead on his bed, smothered with his own pillow. Konrad, a former detective now bored with retirement, finds newspaper cuttings reporting the WWII shadow district murder the dead man's home. It's a crime that Konrad remembers, having grown up in the same neighborhood. A MISSING LINK Why, after all this time, would an old crime resurface? Did the police arrest the wrong man? Will Konrad's link to the past help him solve the case and finally lay the ghosts of WWII Reykjavik to rest?"--
Notes: "A Thomas Dunne Book."

Translation from the Icelandic of: Skuggasund.