The Clues in the Fjord
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THE BOOK
Hildur Rúnarsdottir is the only police detective working on the isolated west coast of Iceland. She is desperate to forget her traumatic past by burying herself in her cases alongside her new trainee, Jakob Johanson. But Jakob’s life has its own complications, and it soon becomes clear that neither can run from their pasts for long.
When a local man is found with his throat slit, underneath an avalanche that has buried much of the evidence, Hildur and Jakob must set their own problems aside and unravel the dark secrets to expose a killer . .
Original title in Finnish Hildur, published by WSOY (2022)
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THE TRANSLATOR Kristian
London
Kristian London is an American translator who divides his time between Seattle and Helsinki. His first published translation, Harri Nykänen’s Nights of Awe, appeared in February 2012 (Bitter Lemon Press, UK). He is currently working on another Nordic crime novel slated for spring release by Minneapolis-based publisher Ice Cold Crime.
Kristian London is an American translator who divides his time between Seattle and Helsinki. His first published translation, Harri Nykänen’s Nights of Awe, appeared in February 2012 (Bitter Lemon Press, UK). He is currently working on another Nordic crime novel slated for spring release by Minneapolis-based publisher Ice Cold Crime.
NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS
Satu Rämö’s first fiction book is a captivating crime novel set in a remote village in Iceland. Main characters, local police woman Hildur and Finnish police trainee and avid knitter of Icelandic pullovers Jacob, form an interesting partnership in solving crimes where past mysteries slowly begin to unravel. Icelandic nature is very strongly present in the story. This book in its original language took Finland by storm and it and its sequals have been hugely popular in Finland. (Helsinki City Library)