The Flatey Enigma, Viktor Arnar Ingolfsson
The Flatey Enigma, Viktor Arnar Ingolfsson
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The Flatey Enigma

Author: Viktor Arnar Ingolfsson, Brian FitzGibbon

Narrator: Jeff Crawford, Kate Rudd

Unabridged: 8 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/20/2012

Synopsis

Near a deserted island off the western coast of Iceland in 1960, the dawning of spring brings new life for the local wildlife. But for the body discovered by three seal hunters, winter is a matter of permanence. After it is found to be a Danish cryptographer missing for months, the ensuing investigation uncovers a mysterious link between him and a medieval manuscript known as The Book of Flatey.Before long another body is found on the tiny islands off of Iceland. This time, in the ancient Viking tradition, the victim’s back has been mutilated with the so-called blood eagle. Kjartan, the district magistrate’s representative sent to investigate the crime, soon finds himself descending into the dark, dangerous world of ancient legends, symbology, and secret societies to find a killer.Nominated for the prestigious Glass Key award for Nordic crime fiction, The Flatey Enigma will keep you guessing until Kjartan has cracked the code.

About Viktor Arnar Ingolfsson

Viktor Arnar Ingolfsson is one of Iceland’s most accomplished crime fiction authors. His novel House of Evidence was nominated for the Glass Key—the Nordic Crime Novel Award—in 2001 and The Flatey Enigma—a bestseller for weeks in Germany—was nominated for the same prize in 2004. In addition to having a successful career as a writer, he continues to work full-time in civil engineering at the Public Roads Administration in Iceland.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Harry

Book review Iceland with a population of 321,857 is considered the most sparsely populated country in Europe and given that at most 1 or 2 murders annually are reported in the entire country it is not the first place readers might venture to discover new crime fiction authors. And for most of the twe......more

Goodreads review by Sarah ~

لغز جزيرة فلايتي . جثة ولغز وكتاب قديم وجزر آيسلندية صغيرة . في العام 1960 يعثر على جثة مجهولة الهوية في جزيرة صغيرة تابعة لجزيرة فلايتي. يتبين بعد قليل أن الرجل كان باحثاً دنماركياً ومتخصصاً في التاريخ القديم ومن أشد الممانعين لعودة كتاب فلايتي لــ آيسلندا . الكتاب / هو كتاب قديم يعرف بكتاب فلايتي صمم......more

Goodreads review by Trunatrschild

This is a mystery with different meanings, with a couple of mysteries threading through out the whole story and the dead bodies are almost incidental to the true story which is a snapshot of small Icelandic island life during the 1960's. If you're a fan of modern formula driven mysteries, or hard an......more

Goodreads review by Marica

Vite che non sono la tua I gialli islandesi di Iperborea mi piacciono anche perchè sono un'occasione per curiosare in vite che non sono la mia. L'Islanda è un luogo abbastanza speciale, geograficamente e storicamente. Trattandosi di una comunità abbastanza isolata, una ventina di anni fa si svolse in......more

Goodreads review by Jeremy

A slightly expanded version of this review can be found on Crime Fiction Lover The year is 1960. Kjartan, a rather green functionary from the local magistrate’s office, reluctantly steps off the boat on the tiny Icelandic island of Ketilsey to file a report about a dead body found by local seal hunte......more

Quotes

“Spiced up with colorful characters, their fallacies and superstitions, the book is a joy to read with the solution to the mystery being simple yet surprising. Lovers of both crime novels and historical novels will have a field day with The Flatey Enigma as it is a combination of both and I’d also recommend it to those interested in Icelandic culture and the sagas.” —IcelandReview.com

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