Rupture
Record details
- ISBN: 1250193346
- ISBN: 9781250193346
- ISBN: 1250193354
- ISBN: 9781250193353
- ISBN: 9781250193353 (trade pbk.)
- ISBN: 1250193354
- ISBN: 9781250193346 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 1250193346
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Physical Description:
xxi, 244 pages : maps ; 21 cm
print - Edition: First U.S. edition.
- Publisher: New York : Minotaur Books, 2019.
- Copyright: ©2016
Content descriptions
General Note: | "An Ari Thór thriller" -- Dust jacket. "First published in Iceland under the title Rof by Verold. Previously published in Great Britain by Orenda Books" -- verso of title page. |
Summary, etc.: | 1955. Two young couples move to the uninhabited, isolated fjord of Hedinsfjörður. When one of the women meets her death in mysterious circumstances, the case is never solved. Fifty years later an old photograph comes to light, and it becomes clear that the couples may not have been alone on the fjord after all. In nearby Siglufjörður, young policeman Ari Thór tries to piece together what really happened that fateful night. He is assisted by Ísrún, a news reporter in Reykjavik, who is investigating an increasingly chilling case of her own. |
Language Note: | In English, translated from the Icelandic. |
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Subject: | Police Iceland Fiction Murder Investigation Iceland Fiction Cold cases (Criminal investigation) Fiction |
Genre: | Suspense fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. Thrillers (Fiction) Psychological fiction. Psychological fiction. |
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Available copies
- 9 of 9 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Rowayton Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 9 total copies.
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Rowayton Library | MYS JON (Text) | 33625122821924 | Adult Mystery | Available | - |
Author Notes
Rupture : An Ari Thor Thriller
RAGNAR JONASSON is an international number one bestselling author who has sold over three million books in thirty-six countries worldwide. His books include the Dark Iceland series and the Hulda series. Jonasson was born in Reykjavik, Iceland, where he also works as an investment banker and teaches copyright law at Reykjavik University. He has previously worked on radio and television, including as a TV news reporter for the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service, and, since the age of seventeen, has translated fourteen of Agatha Christie's novels. Ragnar is the co-founder of the Reykjavik international crime writing festival Iceland Noir. His critically acclaimed international bestseller The Darkness is soon to be a major TV series, and Outside is soon to be a feature film. Jonasson lives in Reykjavik with his wife and two daughters.