Although ReykjavÃk took some time to really get moving, authors Ragnar Jónasson and KatrÃn Jakobsdóttir created a character and a story that kept me reading and guessing.
The story begins in 1956 with fourteen-year-old Lára's disappearance and the young police officer who tried to find her. When journalist Valur Robertsson begins his own investigation thirty years later, he learns that the officer's inability to find Lára has haunted him throughout his career. I was rather surprised that both Valur and the police officer felt a bit stiff and lifeless even though both their roles were so important.
However, the story really shifted into high gear and grabbed my interest when Valur's sister, Sunna, arrived on the scene. Her grit and determination added fire and urgency to the story, and I found myself hoping that I would meet her again in a future book.
I can't say much about ReykjavÃk without giving away key plot points, but I was disappointed with my failure to deduce what was going on when all was revealed at the end. When you pick up a copy to read it for yourselves, make sure to read the authors' note at the end. You never know what writers will get up to in the middle of a pandemic!
(Review copy courtesy of the publisher and Net Galley)
The story begins in 1956 with fourteen-year-old Lára's disappearance and the young police officer who tried to find her. When journalist Valur Robertsson begins his own investigation thirty years later, he learns that the officer's inability to find Lára has haunted him throughout his career. I was rather surprised that both Valur and the police officer felt a bit stiff and lifeless even though both their roles were so important.
However, the story really shifted into high gear and grabbed my interest when Valur's sister, Sunna, arrived on the scene. Her grit and determination added fire and urgency to the story, and I found myself hoping that I would meet her again in a future book.
I can't say much about ReykjavÃk without giving away key plot points, but I was disappointed with my failure to deduce what was going on when all was revealed at the end. When you pick up a copy to read it for yourselves, make sure to read the authors' note at the end. You never know what writers will get up to in the middle of a pandemic!
(Review copy courtesy of the publisher and Net Galley)
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