Reykjavík

A Crime Story

By: Ragnar Jónasson, Katrín Jakobsdóttir

Narrated by: Bert Seymour, Tamaryn Payne

With over three million copies sold worldwide, Ragnar Jónasson, along with Katrín Jakobsdóttir, brings us a gripping and chilling new thriller, Reykjavík.

What happened to Lára?

Iceland, 1956. Fourteen-year-old Lára decides to spend the summer working for a couple on the small island of Videy, just off the coast of Reykjavík. In early August, the girl disappears without a trace. Time passes, and the mystery becomes Iceland‘s most infamous 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, as the city of Reykjavík celebrates its 200th anniversary, journalist Valur Robertsson begins his own investigation into Lára's case. But as he draws closer to discovering the secret, and with the eyes of Reykjavík upon him, it soon becomes clear that Lára's disappearance is a mystery that someone will stop at nothing to keep unsolved . . .

A Macmillan Audio production from Minotaur Books.

Critic reviews

<p>“A beautifully constructed mystery by two super smart partners in crime.” --Anthony Horowitz, <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author of <i>Magpie Murders</i><br><br>"A classic mystery . . . Reykjavik provides tremendous insight into Iceland at a time of change, expansion, and corruption. Sure to appeal to a broad swath of crime-fiction readers."—First Clue</p>

Entertaining

The story has a slow build up, but I liked that about it. Aside from the mystery, I also liked listening to what was happening in Iceland in the mid ‘80s. It was good a listen while I was knitting. Narrators were also good!

Reykjavik

I enjoyed this story a lot, but didn’t really like the performers, especially the female. The performance felt forced ….

Good story decade jumping

I was afraid this would somehow cross into the Hulda trilogy, which went reverse chron with an awful beg-ending.

This had enough possible suspects to fool me, and the audio was good. it gives a good feeling for the changes in ambition in Iceland over time.

a good stand alone.

Spoiler alert

There was one clue in the beginning that let me know who the killer was when the editor did not tell the sister about the phone call and clue that the brother had received just before he died. In fact, he said he had no idea what the brother was planning to write in the next week’s story. Clearly, he wasn’t counting on the fact that the young reporter had repeated the information to the cop and his sister, I kept waiting for that detail to come out, but of course it wouldn’t have because no one knew that the editor knew about the mysterious phone call. Still, it was clumsy because he should have known that others might know. In fact, even the other guy in the newspaper office knew about the phone call and the envelope addressed to the brother. I’m not using names here because I have no idea how they are spelled. I just wonder how many other people caught that in the beginning. But I also know that’s not how this forum works.

Icelandic Intrigue

It is always to read about Iceland and picture the islands and the terrain in conjunction with a plot involving characters in such an isolated country.