Name: The Shadow District: A Thriller (The Flovent and Thorson Thrillers)
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Author: Arnaldur Indridason
ISBN: 9781250138170

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The Shadow District: A Thriller (The Flovent and Thorson Thrillers)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Arnaldur Indridason

Publisher

Picador

Language

English

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.8 x 13.7 x 3.0 cm

Weight

0.32 kg.

ISBN13

9781250138170

Synopsis "The Shadow District: A Thriller (The Flovent and Thorson Thrillers)"

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 PASTIn wartime Reykjavik, Iceland, 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 PRESENTA 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 in the dead man's home. It's a crime that Konrad remembers, having grown up in the same neighborhood. A MISSING LINKWhy, 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?

Arnaldur Indridason

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He is the author, among other crime novels, of Jar City, which received the Glass Key Award for the best Nordic crime novel in 2002, and Voices, winner of the Martin Beck Award for the best crime novel translated into Swedish. With The Draining Lake he won the Gold Dagger, establishing him as a benchmark for the best European crime narrative. He has also won the French Critics' Prize for Best Crime Novel and the RBA Prize for Crime Fiction. A successful writer, his works have sold over 18 million copies and have been translated into more than 40 languages.

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