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SheltieLover

(62,705 posts)
Sat Oct 29, 2022, 02:56 PM Oct 2022

It's a therapeutic genre for me': Iceland's PM releases debut crime novel [View all]

https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/28/iceland-pm-releases-novel-reykjavik-katrin-jakobsdottir

Katrín Jakobsdóttir joins long list of fiction-writing politicians with book that came together during Covid pandemic.

For 30 years, the disappearance of teenager Lára Marteinsdóttir from the windswept island of Víðey, off the coast of Iceland’s capital, tormented the nation. Until 1986, when Valur, a rookie reporter on a local newspaper, decided to investigate …

So far, so Nordic noir. But Reykjavík, published to promising reviews in Iceland this week, is a crime novel with a difference – it was written by the prime minister, albeit with the help of one of the country’s international bestselling authors.

Sounds intriguing. I'll give it a try if my library has an e-copy!

Enjoy!
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