Reykjavik / Ragnar Jonasson and Katrin Jakobsdottir ; translated from the Icelandic by Victoria Cribb.
By: Ragnar Jonasson.
Contributor(s): Katrin Jakobsdottir | Cribb, Victoria.
Publisher: UK : Michael Joseph, 2023Description: 370 pages ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780241625996 (hbk.) :; 0241625998 (hbk.) :.Subject(s): Crime | Crime | Crime & mystery fiction | Thriller / suspense fiction | Iceland -- FictionGenre/Form: Detective and mystery stories.Summary: What happened to Lara? Iceland, 1956. Fifteen-year-old Lara spends the summer working for a couple on the small island of Videy, just off the coast of Reykjavik. In early August, the girl disappears without a trace. The mystery becomes Iceland's greatest unsolved case. What happened to the young girl? Is she still alive? Did she leave the island, or did something happen to her there? Thirty years later in August, 1986, as the city of Reykjavik celebrates its 200th anniversary, journalist Valur Robertsson begins his own investigation into Lara's case. But as he draws closer to discovering the secret, and with the eyes of Reykjavik upon him, it soon becomes clear that Lara's disappearance is a mystery that someone will stop at nothing to keep unsolved.| Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adult book | Eccleston Library Thriller | Issued | 16/05/2024 | 38055400024442 |
Illustration on lining papers.
What happened to Lara? Iceland, 1956. Fifteen-year-old Lara spends the summer working for a couple on the small island of Videy, just off the coast of Reykjavik. In early August, the girl disappears without a trace. The mystery becomes Iceland's greatest unsolved case. What happened to the young girl? Is she still alive? Did she leave the island, or did something happen to her there? Thirty years later in August, 1986, as the city of Reykjavik celebrates its 200th anniversary, journalist Valur Robertsson begins his own investigation into Lara's case. But as he draws closer to discovering the secret, and with the eyes of Reykjavik upon him, it soon becomes clear that Lara's disappearance is a mystery that someone will stop at nothing to keep unsolved.