Nightblind
Siglufj r ur an idyllically quiet fishing village on the northernmost tip of Iceland, accessible only via a small mountain tunnel Ari Th r Arason a local policeman, whose tumultuous past and uneasy relationships with the villagers continue to haunt him The peace of this close knit community is shattered by the murder of a policeman shot at point blank range in the dead of night in a deserted house With a killer on the loose and the dark arctic winter closing in, it falls to Ari Th r to piece together a puzzle that involves tangled local politics, a compromised new mayor, and a psychiatric ward in Reykjavik, where someone is being held against their will Then a mysterious young woman moves to the area, on the run from something she dare not reveal, and it becomes all too clear that tragic events from the past are weaving a sinister spell that may threaten them all.Dark, chilling and complex, Nightblind is an extraordinary thriller from an undeniable new talent. Download Nightblind Author Ragnar Jónasson – kino-fada.fr At last they gave me a pencil and a notebook.It s an old yellow pencil, badly sharpened, and an old notebook that someone has already used, the first few pages untidily ripped out Had someone else already tried to put into words their difficulties and their helplessness, just as I m doing Maybe there were some pretty doodles there, the unchanging view of the back garden rendered in artistic form, if that could be done Somethings are so grey and cold that no amount of colour on a page could At last they gave me a pencil and a notebook.It s an old yellow pencil, badly sharpened, and an old notebook that someone has already used, the first few pages untidily ripped out Had someone else already tried to put into words their difficulties and their helplessness, just as I m doing Maybe there were some pretty doodles there, the unchanging view of the back garden rendered in artistic form, if that could be done Somethings are so grey and cold that no amount of colour on a pa...Nightblind is a tricky book to review if you chose to read this after Blackout then none of the spoilers ruined any plot twists and you are continuing in somewhat of a chronological order This was the shortest book in the series so far at only 206 pages I can t give away much in terms of plot, but once again Jonasson has reeled us in and grabbed us f...It has been five years since Ari Thor has come to Siglufjordur, and he now feelscomfortable in the village and his job as a policeman His personal life has changed as well, but lately that has been a bit bumpy He is out with the flu, when his superior is shot at the site of an old house, that has a storied past Crime happens rarely in this small fishing village and Ari is well aware of the fact that had he not been out sick, the man fighting for his life, could well have been him.I love It has been five years since Ari Thor has come to Siglufjordur, and he now feelscomfortable in the village and his job as a policeman His personal life has changed as well, but lately that has been a bit bumpy He is out with the flu, when his superior is shot at the site of an old house, that has a storied past Crime happens rarely in this small fishing village and Ari is well aware of the fact that had he not been out sick, the man fighting for his life, could well have been him.I love the atmosphere in this series The Arctic winter is closing in, the extreme cold, and since it has been below zero with single digits here, I can relate, surrounds one One gets a very good sense of this village, and the people that live within It is a slower paced procedural with many different avenues investigated before the truth...4 starsThanks to NetGalley and the publisher for sending me this ebook It takes place during the bleak, dark winter of Siglufjordur, in northern Iceland I read this book because I spent 3 nights in Siglufordur as part of a Iceland land tour last summer It is a lovely little town that had a thriving fishing industry for hundreds of years until the herrings disappeared about forty years ago Tourism has now replaced the fishing industry.This book starts with the murder of 1 of the 2 police 4 starsThanks to NetGalley and the publisher for sending me this ebook It takes place during the bleak, dark winter of Siglufjordur, in northern Iceland I read this book because I spent 3 nights in Siglufordur as part of a Iceland land tour last summer It is a lovely little town that had a thriving fishing industry for hundreds of years until the herrings disappeared about forty years ago Tourism has now replaced the fishing industry.This book starts with the murder of 1 of the 2 police officers in Siglufordur, Herjolfur His wife Helena calls Ari Thor, the other police officer asking him if he has seen her husband Ari finds Herjolfur, who has been shot and is near death The author switches back and forth between the investigation and a diary of a man in a psychiatric hospital The two narratives do tie together in a bittersweet ending There is some domestic violenc...For some strange reason the English publication order differs from the original, I d assumed that this was the second in the series as listed on Goodreads but in actual fact it s the fifth It can be enjoyed as a stand alone adventure but the fact that it s set 5 years after the events of Snowblind and the main protagonist of the series Ari Th r and girlfriend Kristin now have a ten month old son, I feel like I ve missed a lot of character progression throughout the series.The story itself it For some strange reason the English publication order differs from the original, I d assumed that this was the second in the series as listed on Goodreads but in actual fact it s the fifth It can be enjoyed as a stand alone adventure but the fact that it s set 5 years after the events of Snowblind and the main protagonist of the series Ari Th r and girlfriend Kristin now have a ten month old son, I feel like I ve missed a lot of character progression throughout the series.The story itself it quite good as the small tranquil fishing village of Siglufj r ur is rocked by the death of a policeman A shooting in the quaint close knit community feels unthinkable, this is the type of place where no one locks their doorsThe mystery was interesting and the solution was perfect, but again it s the location and a feel for the Icelandic way of life that really sel...The entire country of Iceland is shocked by the shooting of Inspector Herj lfur in the small town of Siglufj r ur The inspector has been shot down outside an abandoned house with a violent history Ari Th r Arason , the policeman, who missed out on the promotion to inspector that went to Herj lfur, is home sick with the flu when he gets the call out by the inspector s wife who has not been able to contact him.It comes as a great shock when Ari Th r realzes if it hadn t been for the flu he might The entire country of Iceland is shocked by the shooting of Inspector Herj lfur in the small town of Siglufj r ur The inspector has been shot down outside an abandoned house with a violent history Ari Th r Arason , the policeman, who missed out on the promotion to inspector that went to Herj lfur, is home sick with the flu when he gets the call out by the inspector s wife who has not been able to contact him.It comes as a great shock when Ari Th r realzes if it hadn t been for the flu he might have been the one shot since Herj lfur was covering his shift.Ari Th r old boss, T mas, is brought back to head the investigation into the shooting They quickly fall into their old rhythm, although Ari Th r finds thinkingindependently, a surprising change for him.As with any book set in Iceland, the landscape becomes a major player in the story, setting a dark atmosphere of claustrophobia ...Iceland is a country known for its arts and culture, liberal social attitudes, education, natural wonders, and low crime rate It is also has the fifteenth highest level of gun ownership in the world per capita When a police officer is shot one night in Siglufj r ur, exactly one half of the police force of this small town is injured while on duty Ari Th r Arason is alarmed that his superior officer ha...I sincerely wish I spoke Icelandic so I could read this series in its proper order This one is a fast forward into the future We miss a series of events that left off in book one with Ari Thor s personal life His professional life is also slightly different Tomas is gone and Ari was passed up on promotion for the inspector position That being said Ari is still the quiet, methodical, w...As in Snowblind, the once quiet streets of Siglufj r ur are bloodied by murder, this time of Inspector Herj lfur, who is responding to the tip off of a drug deal in a spooky house at the far edge of town Recovering from flu and in the midst of some serious relationship problems, Ari Thor gets outside help in the form of his old boss to investigate the killing This lacked the punch of the first novel, with both the writing and the plotting feeling much weaker There was a stiltedness to either As in Snowblind, the once quiet streets of Siglufj r ur are bloodied by murder, this time of Inspector Herj lfur, who is responding to the tip off of a drug deal in a spooky house at the far edge of town Recovering from flu and in the midst of some serious relationship problems, Ari Thor gets outside help in the form of his old boss to investigate the killing This lacked the punch of the first novel, with both the writing and the plotting feeling much...Nightblind is the second of Jonasson s Dark Iceland series though there are three books, written after Nightblind, that take place chronologically between Snowblind and Nightblind The setting is Siglufj r ur, a village on the northern tip of Iceland, a place where mid winter is a time of total darkness, with only the barest hint of a sun glow at noon The time is November The pe...
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- 03 March 2019 Ragnar Jónasson
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- 280 pages
- Ragnar Jónasson
- Nightblind