Jar City (2000)

Erlendur #3 An elderly man is found dead in his basement flat. The murderer has left a note which the police detectives Erlendur and Sigurdur Oli have to find out the meaning of. Getting at the truth leads the detectives to truly horrifying secrets from the past. A brilliantly plotted crime novel with convincing character portrayal and interesting side-plots. • The Glass Key 2002, the Nordic Crime Novel Award • Nominated for the DV Cultural Prize for Literature • Nominated for the Swedish Martin Beck Award 2003 • The Swedish Caliber Award 2003, as The Best Crime Novel of the Year • Nominated as the best Crime Novel of 2003 in The Netherlands by crimezone.nl • Selected as one of the best thrillers of 2004 in New Zealand by The New Zealand Herald • Nominated for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2006 • Final selection of Grand Prix des Lectrices de Elle 2005 • The Black Heart Award (Le Prix du Coeur Noir) in Festival du Polar de Saint Quentin, France, 2006 • Awarded the French Le Prix Mystère de la Critique 2006 • One of 10 most noteworthy crime novels in USA 2005 nominated by Kansas City Star • Nominated for the Gumshoe Awards 2006, as one of the five best European crime novels published in USA • Nominated for the Barry Award 2010, as Best of the Decade • One of the 50 Best Crime Novels in the past 50 years by The Times, 2017  

Jar City (2000)

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“A chilling read.” Marcel Berlins, The Times

★★★★★★ (six stars out of six possible) “...top class...” Lars Lager Espedalen, Drammens tidende, Norway