A deeply compassionate story of old crimes and their consequences, The Shadow District is the first in a thrilling new series by internationally bestselling author Arnaldur Indridason.
THE PAST
In wartime Reykjavík, Iceland, a young woman is found strangled in "the shadow district", a rough and dangerous area of the city. An Icelandic detective and a member of the American military police are on the trail of a brutal killer.
THE PRESENT
A 90-year-old man is discovered dead on his bed, smothered with his own pillow. Konrad, a former detective now bored with retirement, finds newspaper cuttings reporting the WWII shadow district murder in the dead man's home. It's a crime that Konrad remembers, having grown up in the same neighborhood.
A MISSING LINK
Why, after all this time, would an old crime resurface? Did the police arrest the wrong man? Will Konrad's link to the past help him solve the case and finally lay the ghosts of WWII Reykjavík to rest?
About the Author :
Arnaldur Indridason 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 Grave. The Draining Lake won the 2009 Barry Award for Best Novel.
George Guidall has recorded over 1,700 audiobooks and is the recipient of many AudioFile Earphones Awards and two Audie Awards for Excellence in Audiobook Narration, as well as a Special Achievement Award in 2014 from the Audio Publishers Association. His forty-year acting career includes starring roles on Broadway, an Obie Award for best performance off Broadway, and frequent television appearances.
Review :
"A seductively menacing thriller...thrilling and emotionally devastating."
-- " Washington Book Review"
"Gripping and deeply satisfying."
-- "Seattle Times"
"No matter how high narrator George Guidall sets the bar, he's over it with daylight showing...This audiobook needs a pro, too, as the intercut past-and-present structure of it offers plenty of scope for confusion...Guidall, with his warm, patient, world-weary voice, makes an exotic world immediate, both strange and accessible. Indridason is a practiced maker of noir puzzles. This is a fine one. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award."
-- "AudioFile"
"Riveting, in [Arnaldur's] distinctive style, and highly recommended."
-- "CrimeSpree Magazine"
"The steady progression of unearthing clues and witnesses to the mysteries is so riveting."
-- "Mystery Scene"
"There's always a solid sense of history in Arnaldur Indridason's moody Icelandic mysteries. With his usual delicate touch, Indridason weaves in just enough folklore to remind us that a nation can never live down its legends."
-- "New York Times Book Review"
