THE SHADOW DISTRICT by Arnaldur Indridason is a thrilling novel
that is sure to keep you up at night. This crime novel has non-
stop action, suspense, murder, mystery, and shocking scenes
that will leave you wondering what goes bump in the night.
THE SHADOW DISTRICT has a plot split over two distinct time
periods. I did
not find this to be a problem when reading, it was easy to keep
up. The big question is how exactly are these two unsolved
crimes, over seventy years apart, linked to one another?
Two investigators, Stefan and Konrad, are assigned to solve
both
crimes. Both men do not like to have a case go unsolved. As the
two track down cold clues, old witnesses, and new clues that
pop up out of nowhere you will question who did it and why.
The setting takes place in two different places and years with
help to add to the mystery and makes solving the crimes seem
impossible. The characters are well developed with backstories
that help to explain why they each became detectives and why
they work a crime scene the way they do. You will be drawn into
the world of mystery and intrigue as you follow along with the
two investigators. They encounter may obstacles and road blocks
along the way. Some seem realistic while others seem out of the
norm.
THE SHADOW DISTRICT will make you second guess yourself with
each
page you read never knowing what will happen on the next page.
Will they discover the culprit or will they find more clues
that lead them on a wild chase? This is the first book I have
read from author, Arnaldur Indridason, and I am looking forward
to reading more of his novels.
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 Reykjavik, 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 Reykjavik to rest?
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