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What happened to Lara? Iceland, 1956. Fifteen-year-old Lára spends the summer working for a couple on the small island of Videy, just off the coast of ReykjavÃk. 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 ReykjavÃk 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 ReykjavÃk upon him, it soon becomes clear that Lara’s disappearance is a mystery that someone will stop at nothing to keep unsolved.
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An ice-cold mystery haunts Reykjavìk in 1986, in this heart-stopping crime novel co-written by the Icelandic Prime Minister Katrìn Jakobsdottir
'A classic crime novel, its noir at its finest' The Sunday Times
'Nordic noir at its most authoritative' Financial Times
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What happened to Lara?
Iceland, 1956. Fourteen-year-old Lara spends the summer on the small island of Videy, just off the coast of Reykjavìk.
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, journalist Valur Robertsson begins his own investigation into Lara's case. But as he draws closer to discovering the secret, it's soon clear that this is a mystery someone will stop at nothing to keep unsolved...
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'A crime novel with a difference' Guardian
'A beautifully constructed mystery by two super smart partners in crime' Anthony Horowitz
'I read all 349 pages in one go and enjoyed every second?The twist at the halfway point of the book hits the reader like a wave of the ice cold Atlantic Ocean' Fréttablaðið Newspaper
'Loved it!' Ann Cleeves
Additional information
| Weight | 270 g |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 19.8 × 13.1 × 2.5 cm |
| Book_author | Jónasson, Ragnar |
| Publisher | Penguin Books |
| Imprint | Penguin Books |
| Cover | Paperback |
| Pages | 370 |
| Language | English |
| Edition | 1st paperback ed |
| Dewey | 839.6935 (edition:23) |
| Readership | General – Trade / Code: K |
