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Detective Erlendur Series
The Inspector Erlendur Series is a popular murder mystery series featuring Reykjavík detective Erlendur Sveinsson. Written by Icelandic author Arnaldur Indriðason, the series is published in the U.S. by Minotaur Press and consists of more than a dozen novels. ''Mýrin'' (Jar City), the third book in the series, was the first to be translated into English. ''Mýrin'' was also adapted as a 2006 film entitled ''Jar City'', starring Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson as Erlendur. Note: ''Reykjavik Nights,'' while written later, is a prequel to the Inspector Erlendur series (#0). Books *''Synir duftsins'' (Sons of Dust), 1997. *''Dauðarósir'' (Silent Kill), 1998. *''Mýrin'' (Jar City), 2000. *''Grafarþögn'' (Silence of the Grave), 2001. *''Röddin'' (Voices), 2003. *''Kleifarvatn'' (The Draining Lake), 2004 *''Vetrarborgin'' (Arctic Chill ''Arctic Chill'' (''Icelandic:'' Vetrarborgin) is a 2008 translation of a 2005 crime novel by Icelandic author Arnaldur Indriðason, in his Detecti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mystery Fiction
Mystery is a genre fiction, fiction genre where the nature of an event, usually a murder or other crime, remains wiktionary:mysterious, mysterious until the end of the story. Often within a closed circle of suspects, each suspect is usually provided with a credible motive and a reasonable opportunity for committing the crime. The central character is often a detective (such as Sherlock Holmes), who eventually solves the mystery by logical deduction from facts presented to the reader. Some mystery books are non-fiction. Mystery fiction can be detective stories in which the emphasis is on the puzzle or suspense element and its logical solution such as a whodunit. Mystery fiction can be contrasted with hardboiled detective stories, which focus on action and gritty realism. Mystery fiction can involve a supernatural mystery in which the solution does not have to be logical and even in which there is no crime involved. This usage was common in the pulp magazines of the 1930s and 1940s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reykjavík
Reykjavík is the Capital city, capital and largest city in Iceland. It is located in southwestern Iceland on the southern shore of Faxaflói, the Faxaflói Bay. With a latitude of 64°08′ N, the city is List of northernmost items, the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state. Reykjavík has a population of around 139,000 as of 2025. The surrounding Capital Region (Iceland), Capital Region has a population of around 249,000, constituting around 64% of the country's population. Reykjavík is believed to be the location of the first permanent settlement in Iceland, which, according to , was established by Ingólfr Arnarson, Ingólfur Arnarson in 874 Anno Domini, AD. Until the 18th century, there was no urban development in the city location. The city was officially founded in 1786 as a trading town and grew steadily over the following decades, as it transformed into a regional and later Country, national centre of commerce, population, and governmental activities. Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iceland
Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the region's westernmost and most list of countries and dependencies by population density, sparsely populated country. Its Capital city, capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which is home to about 36% of the country's roughly 380,000 residents (excluding nearby towns/suburbs, which are separate municipalities). The official language of the country is Icelandic language, Icelandic. Iceland is on a rift between Plate tectonics, tectonic plates, and its geologic activity includes geysers and frequent Types of volcanic eruptions, volcanic eruptions. The interior consists of a volcanic plateau with sand and lava fields, mountains and glaciers, and many Glacial stream, glacial rivers flow to the sea through the Upland and lowland, lowlands. Iceland i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnaldur Indriðason
Arnaldur Indriðason (pronounced ; born 28 January 1961) is an Icelandic writer of crime fiction; his most popular series features the protagonist Detective Erlendur. Early life Arnaldur was born in Reykjavík on 28 January 1961, the son of writer Indriði G. Þorsteinsson. He graduated with a degree in history from the University of Iceland (Háskóli Íslands) in 1996. He worked as a journalist for the newspaper ''Morgunblaðið'' from 1981 to 1982, and later as a freelance writer. From 1986 to 2001, he was a film critic for ''Morgunblaðið''. Publications His first book, ''Sons of Earth'' (''Synir duftsins'') came out in 1997, the first in the series with Detective Erlendur. The first two novels in the series have not yet been translated into English. , the series included 14 novels. Arnaldur is considered one of the most popular writers in Iceland in recent years — topping bestseller lists time and again. In 2004, his books were 7 of the 10 most popular titles borro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minotaur Books
St. Martin's Press is a book publisher headquartered in Manhattan in New York City. It is headquartered in the Equitable Building. St. Martin's Press is considered one of the largest English-language publishers, bringing to the public some 700 titles a year under six imprints. St. Martin's Press's current editor in chief is George Witte. Jennifer Enderlin was named publisher in 2016. Sally Richardson was appointed chairman in 2018. The imprints include St. Martin's Press (mainstream and bestseller books), St. Martin's Griffin (mainstream paperback books, including fiction and nonfiction), Minotaur (mystery, suspense, and thrillers), Castle Point Books (specialty nonfiction), St. Martin's Essentials (lifestyle), and Wednesday Books (young adult fiction). History After selling its stake in Macmillan US in 1951, Macmillan Publishers of the UK founded St. Martin's in 1952 and named it after St Martin's Lane in London, where Macmillan Publishers was headquartered. St. Martin's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jar City (film)
''Jar City'' ( Icelandic: ''Mýrin'' – "The Bog") is a 2006 Icelandic film directed by Baltasar Kormákur. It is based on ''Mýrin'', a 2000 novel written by Arnaldur Indriðason and released in English as ''Jar City''. Kormákur is in the midst of producing an English-language remake, also called ''Jar City'', which will be set in Louisiana. Plot A world-weary cop comes to believe a recent murder of a middle-aged man is linked to a case of possible rape three decades earlier by a group of friends and a corrupt cop. Working through, he finds it linked to neurofibromatosis, a rare disease among Nordics. One thing leads to another and he puts the pieces together. A geneticist father loses his child to neurofibromatosis and his search for answers leads to his degenerate father and unravels many missing person cases during the decade. Like the book on which it is based, the film is implicitly a semi-critique of the gene-gathering work of the Icelandic company deCODE genetics. Cas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson
Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson (; born 22 November 1963) is an Icelandic actor who has worked extensively in Icelandic cinema, television and stage productions. He became internationally known for his role as police officer Ásgeir in the Icelandic TV series '' Trapped'' (2015–18), and in Icelandic director Hlynur Pálmason's films '' A White White Day'' (2019) and '' Godland'' (2022). Early life Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson was born on 22 November 1963. Career Ingvar has acted extensively in film, television, and stage productions, both in Iceland and overseas. He had roles in Friðrik Þór Friðriksson's '' Englar alheimsins'' (''Angels of the Universe'') and Baltasar Kormákur's '' Mýrin'' (''Jar City'') and ''Everest''. Ingvar became internationally known for his role as police officer Ásgeir in the Icelandic TV series '' Trapped'' (2015–18). He has collaborated with Icelandic director Hlynur Pálmason on several occasions, from his graduation short film in Denmar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jar City
''Jar City'', also known as ''Tainted Blood'' (''Icelandic language, Icelandic: Mýrin'', "The Bog") (), is a crime novel by Icelandic author Arnaldur Indriðason, first published in Iceland in 2000. It was the first in the Detective Erlendur series to be translated into English (in 2004). In the UK, the title was changed to ''Tainted Blood'' when the paperback edition was released. The novel is at one level a fierce critique of the gene-gathering work of deCODE genetics: :: far from reinforcing the kind of myths of Icelandic national identity promoted by eugenicists earlier in the twentieth century and re-invoked by the publicity machine around DeCODE, Indriđason’s novel uses the figure of the defective gene not only to expose and trouble national mythologies of social and familial cohesion and continuity but to ask some fundamental questions about the meaning of innocence and guilt, justice and punishment in the face of the identification of genes that bear the secret not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silence Of The Grave
''Silence of the Grave'' (''Icelandic: Grafarþögn'') is a crime novel by Icelandic writer Arnaldur Indriðason. Set in Reykjavík, the novel forms part of the author's regionally popular Murder Mystery Series, which star . Originally published in Icelandic in 2001, the English translation by Bernard Scudder, in 2005, won the British Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger award for best crime novel of the year. Human bones are found buried in a construction site in Grafarholt. The police starts investigating only to uncover dark secrets from 70 years ago and in a parallel narrative we hear the story of an abused woman from the same time, who is somehow connected to the bones. Awards and nominations *2003 Glass Key award (for Nordic crime fiction novel) *2005 Gold Dagger (from the British Crime Writers' Association The Crime Writers' Association (CWA) is a specialist authors' organisation in the United Kingdom, most notable for its "Dagger" awards for the best crime writin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voices (Indriðason Novel)
''Voices'' (''Icelandic: Röddin'') is a 2006 translation of a 2003 crime novel by Icelandic author Arnaldur Indriðason, in his Detective Erlendur series. It was first published in English in August 2006. The Swedish translation of the novel (''Änglarösten'') won Sweden's Martin Beck Award for the best crime novel in translation. An old hotel doorman, preparing to dress up as Father Christmas, is found stabbed to death in a compromising position in his miserable small room. Detective Erlendur, who hits a wall of disinterest while trying to find answers, books a room in the hotel. The more he discovers of the past of the deceased, and the more demimonde is a French 19th-century term referring to women on the fringes of respectable society, and specifically to courtesans supported by wealthy lovers. The term is French for "half-world", and derives from an 1855 play called , by Alexandre Dumas ... figures he meets in that allegedly decent hotel, the more phantoms he reveals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Draining Lake
''The Draining Lake'' (Icelandic: ''Kleifarvatn'') is a 2004 crime novel by Icelandic author Arnaldur Indriðason Arnaldur Indriðason (pronounced ; born 28 January 1961) is an Icelandic writer of crime fiction; his most popular series features the protagonist Detective Erlendur. Early life Arnaldur was born in Reykjavík on 28 January 1961, the son o ..., an entry in the Detective Erlendur series. The title is based on a real Icelandic lake Kleifarvatn, which began draining away in 2000 following an earthquake. In the novel, the dropping water level reveals a body long hidden in the lake. The Guardian reviewed the book as being one of the best modern crime fiction novels. The book won the Barry Award for the best crime novel in 2009. Awards and honors 2009 Macavity Award: Nominee References 2004 novels Novels by Arnaldur Indriðason Novels set in Iceland Barry Award–winning works {{2000s-crime-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arctic Chill
''Arctic Chill'' (''Icelandic:'' Vetrarborgin) is a 2008 translation of a 2005 crime novel by Icelandic author Arnaldur Indriðason, in his Detective Erlendur series. The book is the first of Indriðason's works to be translated into English by someone other than Bernard Scudder Bernard John Scudder (29 August 1954 – 15 October 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 trans ..., as he died of a heart attack before his translation was complete. Victoria Cribb completed it. Erlendur and his team investigate the murder of a young Thai boy, found frozen in his own blood one midwinter day outside a rundown apartment block. The crime may be racially motivated and the team soon uncovers some unpleasant truths about modern Icelandic society. The subject of racism is examined, as well as immigration of Asians to Iceland. 2005 novels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
