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Jar City

a Reykjavík Thriller
Mar 22, 2017JCLHilaryS rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
The first English translation in a series of Icelandic mysteries, I found Jar City to be a quirky read. When a man is found dead, bludgeoned to death by an ashtray in his own home, Detective Sigurder Óli says it must be a 'typical Icelandic murder' because it seems to be fairly straight-forward. But of course it's not because that would be a terribly boring story. With a minimum of clues, Detective Erlendur starts piecing together bits of the victim's life and crimes he committed 40 years ago. From there he begins to look at why he was killed now and not back then, and who could have killed him.