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

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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!

[Scrivener7]

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

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2. Glad you will enjoy!

I've never read an Icelandic mystery.

Enjoy!

[Scrivener7]

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

Try Arnaldur Indridason.

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4. Lol

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

What is it about them you enjoy most?

[Scrivener7]

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

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.

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7. Are they cozies?

Sounds like a perfect environ for a great cozy!

Ty again for sharing!

[Scrivener7]

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

Ty too!

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9. I might avoid them, then.

Ty!

[Scrivener7]

10. Nordic stuff is generally pretty violent.

But thanks for the heads up on the PM.

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11. Yw!

Thx for sharing.

[Scrivener7]

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

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.

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13. Thx!

I will give them a try.

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

Thx!