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  • Location: Reykjavík

The Mistake

The Mistake

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2000s:  In Iceland, the winter shadows grow long…

  • ISBN: 978-1506182575
  • Genre: Crime, novella

What you need to know before your trail

A mutilated body is found on a lonely street in Reykjavík and immediately Detective Grímur intends to see that justice is done.

Kjartan Jónsson vows that his daughter’s killer will be punished. And that the punishment will fit the crime. Prime suspect Gunnar Atli desperately needs to prevent his own dark secrets from coming to light. And he’s not the only one. Fine lines separate truth, justice and vengeance. Put a foot wrong, and any one of them could be making the biggest mistake of his life.

Travel Guide

When  you think of visiting a lava field in rural Iceland, you’ll not be imagining the way depicted in this novel.

“A small pair of blood-splattered feet were the first things Snorri Petursson saw as he swung the beam of his flickering torch across the snow-covered lava fields…”
As for the rest of the Icelandic setting:

“Everything slowly turned as black as the middle of a moonless night’

Booktrail Boarding Pass Information:  The Mistake

Author/Guide: Grant Nicol Destination: Reykjavík Departure Time: 2000s

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