Bøger af Katrín Jakobsdóttir

”Underspillet genialitet … Et helstøbt plot med forrygende karakterer og masser af overraskende twists.”THE NEW YORK TIMES I 1956 tilbringer den femtenårige pige Laura sin sommerferie på den lille ø Videy, der ligger ud for Reykjaviks kyst, hvor hun arbejder hos et ægtepar. Men sidst på sommeren forsvinder hun sporløst. Mysteriet om Lauras forsvinden bliver Islands mest kendte uopklarede sag. I 1986 fejrer Reykjavik sit 200-års jubilæum, og i byen gør man sig klar til at være vært for topmødet mellem Ronald Reagan og Mikhail Gorbatjov. Mens verdens øjne hviler på Reykjavik, modtager den unge journalist Valur et mystisk brev med nye oplysninger om den nu tredive år gamle sag. Han påbegynder sin egen efterforskning af Lauras forsvinden fra den lille ø. Men så går det op for ham, at der er nogen i Reykjavik, der ønsker at holde hendes skæbne hemmelig for enhver pris … Islands statsminister, Katrín Jakobsdóttir, og den islandske krimistjerne Ragnar Jónasson har sammen skrevet en stemningsmættet kriminalroman, der er inspireret af virkelige hændelser.

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A BESTSELLING THRILLER WRITER AND A PRIME MINISTER WRITE A MYSTERY TOGETHER? THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY TO FIND OUT . . . 'A beautifully constructed mystery by two super smart partners in crime' ANTHONY HOROWITZ'Nordic noir at its most authoritative' FINANCIAL TIMES_________What happened to Lara Marteinsdóttir?Iceland, 1956. Fifteen-year-old Lára spends 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. 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 Reykjavík 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 Reykjavík upon him, it soon becomes clear that Lara's disappearance is a mystery that someone will stop at nothing to keep unsolved . . .