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Death at the sanatorium / Ragnar Jónasson ; translated from the Icelandic by Victoria Cribb.

Ragnar Jónasson, 1976- (author.). Cribb, Victoria, (translator.).

Summary:

"1983. At a former sanatorium in the north of Iceland, now a hospital ward, an old nurse, Yrsa, is found murdered. Detective Hulda Hermannsdottir and her boss, Sverrir, are sent to investigate her death. There, they discover five suspects: the chief physician, two junior nurses, a young doctor, and the caretaker, who is arrested following false testimony from one of the nurses, but subsequently released. Less than a week after the murder, the chief physician, is also found dead, having apparently fallen from a balcony. Sverrir rules his death as suicide and assumes that he was guilty of the murder as well. The case is closed. 2012. Almost thirty years later, Helgi Reykdal, a young police officer, has been studying criminology in the UK, but decides to return to Iceland when he is offered a job at the Reykjavik police department -- the job which detective Hulda Hermannsdottir is about to retire from. He is also a collector of golden age detective stories, and is writing his thesis on the 1983 murders in the north. As Helgi delves deeper into the past, and starts his new job, he decides to try to meet with the original suspects. But soon he finds silence and suspicion at every turn, as he tries to finally solve the mystery from years before." -- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781250770769
  • ISBN: 1250770769
  • Physical Description: 303 pages ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First U.S. edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Minotaur Books, 2024.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Originally published in Iceland with the title Hvítidauði by Veröld Publishing: 2019" --title page verso.
Language Note:
Text in English, translated from the Icelandic.
Subject: Murder > Investigation > Fiction.
Sanatoriums > Fiction.
Nurses > Fiction.
Physicians > Fiction.
Detectives > Fiction.
Cold cases (Criminal investigation) > Fiction.
Criminologists > Fiction.
Iceland > Fiction.
Akureyri (Iceland) > Fiction.
Genre: Detective and mystery fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)

Available copies

  • 13 of 23 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 0 of 1 copy available at Poplar Bluff Municipal Library District. (Show)
  • 0 of 1 copy available at Poplar Bluff - Main Library.

Holds

  • 4 current holds with 23 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Poplar Bluff - Main Library FIC JONASSON (Text) 38420101844328 NEW ADULT DISPLAY - BOOKS Checked out 11/24/2024


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