Paperback: A man is found murdered in his Reykjavík flat, and the police have no obvious leads.
The man lived alone and had no family, and of his only two friends, one is serving time for an array of petty crimes and psychotic violence, and the other hasn't been heard of for twenty-five years.
Erlendur Sveinsson and his colleague Sigurdur Óli head the investigation team.
They find a computer filled with downloaded pornography, and in a desk, the photograph of a young girl's grave and the cryptic note left behind by the killer.
Delving into the dead man's past, they discover that forty years ago he was accused, though not convicted, of rape.
Now Erlendur has to follow his instincts when his colleagues are losing faith in the investigation.
Foraging into the past, Erlendur discovers that the city of Reykjavík has one or two secrets of its own, secrets it would rather keep.
Jar City aka Tainted Blood (2004) is the first in an exciting series of crime novels from the land of the saga. A runaway success in Iceland, it cannot fail to leave a lasting impression among readers in England and worldwide. It is translated from the Icelandic by Bernard Scudder. Currently, there are eleven books in the series with a novella - The Crooked House - due to be released in May 2016.
In 2006, Jar City was made into a film by Icelandic director Baltasar Kormákur.
About the author: Arnaldur Indriðason worked for many years as a journalist and critic before he began writing novels. Outside Iceland, he is best known for his crime novels featuring Erlendur and Sigurdur Óli, which are consistent bestsellers across Europe. The series has won numerous awards, including the Nordic Glass Key and the CWA Gold Dagger. In 2013, he won the world's most lucrative crime fiction award, the RBA International Prize for Crime Writing worth €125 000 for Skuggasund. Arnaldur's books have been published in 26 countries and translated into at least 24 languages.
Rating: 5/5
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