House of Evidence, Viktor Arnar Ingolfsson
House of Evidence, Viktor Arnar Ingolfsson
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House of Evidence

Author: Viktor Arnar Ingolfsson, Björg Árnadóttir, Andrew Cauthery

Narrator: Peter Berkrot

Unabridged: 10 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/11/2012

Synopsis

On a cold January morning in 1973, inside a stately old house in Reykjavik, blood pools around Jacob Kieler Junior from a fatal gunshot wound to his chest. Detective Jóhann Pálsson, an expert in the emerging field of forensics, is called to the scene and soon discovers something more unsettling than the murder itself: the deceased’s father, Jacob Kieler Senior, a railroad engineer, was shot to death in the same living room nearly thirty years earlier. The case was officially closed as a botched robbery. Pálsson soon uncovers diaries that portray Kieler Senior as an ambitious man dedicated to bringing the railroad to Iceland no matter the cost. Sensing a deeper and darker mystery afoot, the detective and his colleagues piece together through the elder Kieler’s diaries a family history rich with deceit…

About Viktor Arnar Ingolfsson

Viktor Arnar Ingolfsson is the author of several books, including Daybreak, which was the basis for the 2008 Icelandic television series Hunting Men. House of Evidence, his third novel, was nominated for the Glass Key Award, given by the Crime Writers Association of Scandinavia, in 2001, and The Flatey Enigma was nominated for the same prize in 2004.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sonja Rosa Lisa ♡ on December 18, 2021

Reykjavík Januar 1973: Haushälterin Sveinborg findet ihren Arbeitgeber tot in dessen Villa. Er ist erschossen worden. Die Kripo nimmt die Ermittlungen auf und erfährt, dass der Vater des Toten 1945 ebenfalls in der Villa erschossen wurde. Die beiden Morde ähneln sich, und auch die Tatwaffe scheint i......more

Goodreads review by Mark on October 04, 2020

House of Evidence is actually a tragic saga where unrequited obsessions result in mental anguish, illness and ultimately devastating consequences. The novel is stand alone Nordic Noir, set in Iceland in the 1970s. It is written by Viktor Arnar Ingólfsson, and centres around multiple generations of t......more

Goodreads review by Katy on May 14, 2013

Book Info: Genre: Murder Mystery/Police Procedural Reading Level: Adult Recommended for: people fascinated by trains, obsessions Trigger Warnings: murder; anti-gay sentiments; violence toward “others”, especially GLBTQ folk, women and hippies, as well as Nazi violence in general during “past” times My T......more

Goodreads review by Lukasz on June 01, 2013

Victor Arnar Ingolfsson's "House of Evidence" is a very European book; it is about not being able to realize one's lifelong dream. Had someone told me a few days ago that I would be engrossed in a book where one of the main plot threads is a story about attempts to build a railroad line in Iceland,......more

Goodreads review by Ken on January 22, 2014

This is the first book I've read of Viktor Arnar Ingólfsson. Was a lot of back reading. But it came out in the end with Jóhann and Hrefna hooking up.......more

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