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2006 Nominated

Jar City (Tainted Blood)

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ABOUT
THE BOOK

A man is found murdered in his Reykjavik flat. There are no obvious clues apart from a cryptic note left on the body and a photograph of a young girl’s grave. Detective Erlendur is forced to use all the forensic resources available to find any leads at all.

Delving into the dead man’s life he discovers that forty years ago he was accused of an appalling crime. Did his past come back to haunt him? Finally, Erlendur’s search leads him to Iceland’s Genetic Research Centre in order to find the disturbing answers to the mystery.

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR Arnaldur
Indridason

ARNALDUR INDRIÐASON won the CWA Gold Dagger Award for Silence of the Grave and is the only author to win the Glass Key Award for Best Nordic Crime Novel two years in a row, for Jar City and Silence of the GraveStrange Shores was nominated for the 2014 CWA Gold Dagger Award.

ARNALDUR INDRIÐASON won the CWA Gold Dagger Award for Silence of the Grave and is the only author to win the Glass Key Award for Best Nordic Crime Novel two years in a row, for Jar City and Silence of the GraveStrange Shores was nominated for the 2014 CWA Gold Dagger Award.

ABOUT
THE TRANSLATOR Bernard
Scudder

Bernard John Scudder : (1954–2007)  was a British translator from Icelandic into English. His translations include the work of best-selling crime writer Arnaldur Indriðason and Yrsa Sigurðardóttir. Scudder’s translation of Arnaldur’s novel Silence of the Grave won the 2005 Crime Writers’ Association Gold Dagger.

Bernard John Scudder : (1954–2007)  was a British translator from Icelandic into English. His translations include the work of best-selling crime writer Arnaldur Indriðason and Yrsa Sigurðardóttir. Scudder’s translation of Arnaldur’s novel Silence of the Grave won the 2005 Crime Writers’ Association Gold Dagger.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Country
Iceland
Original Language
Icelandic
Publisher
Harvill Press
Translator
Bernard Scudder

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