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 manβs home. Itβs 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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