During World War II, in an Iceland awash in Allied troops, a young woman known to date soldiers is found murdered; many years later, an elderly man is killed in his bed, with threads tying back to that long-ago unsolved case in Arnaldur Indridason's The Shadow District.
The Shadow District is the first in a new series from Indridason. His novels about morose Reykjavik cop Erlendur are noteworthy (start with Jar City and keep reading), but these have a totally different vibe, with a military police investigation in the 40s and a contemporary storyline following a recently retired police detective who gets an itch to solve this cold case.
The parallel timelines are interesting, especially if you aren't aware of Iceland's role in World War II (which I wasn't).
This is a very solid police procedural from one of my favorite Scandinavian authors. I will look for the next in this series.
I checked this out from the Morrisson-Reeves Public Library in Richmond, Indiana and read it quickly.
The Shadow District is the first in a new series from Indridason. His novels about morose Reykjavik cop Erlendur are noteworthy (start with Jar City and keep reading), but these have a totally different vibe, with a military police investigation in the 40s and a contemporary storyline following a recently retired police detective who gets an itch to solve this cold case.
The parallel timelines are interesting, especially if you aren't aware of Iceland's role in World War II (which I wasn't).
This is a very solid police procedural from one of my favorite Scandinavian authors. I will look for the next in this series.
I checked this out from the Morrisson-Reeves Public Library in Richmond, Indiana and read it quickly.
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