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Fiction

SheltieLover

(72,982 posts) Sat Oct 29, 2022, 03:56 PM Oct 2022

It's a therapeutic genre for me': Iceland's PM releases debut crime novel

https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/28/iceland-pm-releases-novel-reykjavik-katrin-jakobsdottir

Katrín Jakobsdóttir joins long list of fiction-writing politicians with book that came together during Covid pandemic.

For 30 years, the disappearance of teenager Lára Marteinsdóttir from the windswept island of Víðey, off the coast of Iceland’s capital, tormented the nation. Until 1986, when Valur, a rookie reporter on a local newspaper, decided to investigate …

So far, so Nordic noir. But Reykjavík, published to promising reviews in Iceland this week, is a crime novel with a difference – it was written by the prime minister, albeit with the help of one of the country’s international bestselling authors.

Sounds intriguing. I'll give it a try if my library has an e-copy!

Enjoy!

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It's a therapeutic genre for me': Iceland's PM releases debut crime novel (Original Post) SheltieLover Oct 2022 OP

Me too! Thanks for bring it here. I do love an Icelandic mystery! Scrivener7 Oct 2022 #1

Glad you will enjoy! SheltieLover Oct 2022 #2

I know. It's a little idiosyncratic. My family makes fun of me all the time about it. Scrivener7 Oct 2022 #3

Lol SheltieLover Oct 2022 #4

There's something oddly claustrophobic about it. It's a tiny society where Scrivener7 Oct 2022 #6

Are they cozies? SheltieLover Oct 2022 #7

No. There's violence in most of them. Scrivener7 Oct 2022 #8

I might avoid them, then. SheltieLover Oct 2022 #9

Nordic stuff is generally pretty violent. Scrivener7 Oct 2022 #10

Yw! SheltieLover Oct 2022 #11

There is a Nordic author named Viveca Sten who does nonviolent Scrivener7 Oct 2022 #12

Thx! SheltieLover Oct 2022 #13

Just checked out "The silence of the grave." SheltieLover Oct 2022 #5

Scrivener7

(56,831 posts)

1. Me too! Thanks for bring it here. I do love an Icelandic mystery!

Reply to SheltieLover (Original post)

Sat Oct 29, 2022, 04:01 PM

Oct 2022

SheltieLover

(72,982 posts)

2. Glad you will enjoy!

Reply to Scrivener7 (Reply #1)

Sat Oct 29, 2022, 04:05 PM

Oct 2022

I've never read an Icelandic mystery.

Enjoy!

Scrivener7

(56,831 posts)

3. I know. It's a little idiosyncratic. My family makes fun of me all the time about it.

Reply to SheltieLover (Reply #2)

Sat Oct 29, 2022, 04:08 PM

Oct 2022

Try Arnaldur Indridason.

SheltieLover

(72,982 posts)

4. Lol

Reply to Scrivener7 (Reply #3)

Sat Oct 29, 2022, 04:12 PM

Oct 2022

I'll give it a look! Ty for sharing.

What is it about them you enjoy most?

Scrivener7

(56,831 posts)

6. There's something oddly claustrophobic about it. It's a tiny society where

Reply to SheltieLover (Reply #4)

Sat Oct 29, 2022, 04:15 PM

Oct 2022

everyone knows everyone and everyone knows everyone's history, and everyone's related, and there's a lot of cold to make people go bonkers.

SheltieLover

(72,982 posts)

7. Are they cozies?

Reply to Scrivener7 (Reply #6)

Sat Oct 29, 2022, 04:17 PM

Oct 2022

Sounds like a perfect environ for a great cozy!

Ty again for sharing!

Scrivener7

(56,831 posts)

8. No. There's violence in most of them.

Reply to SheltieLover (Reply #7)

Sat Oct 29, 2022, 04:35 PM

Oct 2022

Ty too!

SheltieLover

(72,982 posts)

9. I might avoid them, then.

Reply to Scrivener7 (Reply #8)

Sat Oct 29, 2022, 04:49 PM

Oct 2022

Ty!

Scrivener7

(56,831 posts)

10. Nordic stuff is generally pretty violent.

Reply to SheltieLover (Reply #9)

Sat Oct 29, 2022, 05:01 PM

Oct 2022

But thanks for the heads up on the PM.

SheltieLover

(72,982 posts)

11. Yw!

Reply to Scrivener7 (Reply #10)

Sat Oct 29, 2022, 05:12 PM

Oct 2022

Thx for sharing.

Scrivener7

(56,831 posts)

12. There is a Nordic author named Viveca Sten who does nonviolent

Reply to SheltieLover (Reply #11)

Mon Oct 31, 2022, 09:53 AM

Oct 2022

Swedish mysteries. They're not exactly cozy because one of the sleuths is a murder detective. But they're very enjoyable and escapist. And monstrously popular in Sweden. Pretty people, beautiful setting, good puzzles.

I do find myself ordering the next one in the series each time I finish one.

SheltieLover

(72,982 posts)

13. Thx!

Reply to Scrivener7 (Reply #12)

Mon Oct 31, 2022, 11:06 AM

Oct 2022

I will give them a try.

SheltieLover

(72,982 posts)

5. Just checked out "The silence of the grave."

Reply to Scrivener7 (Reply #3)

Sat Oct 29, 2022, 04:14 PM

Oct 2022

Thx!

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