The Flatey Enigma

The Flatey Enigma
Author: Viktor Arnar Ingólfsson
Publisher: Amazon Crossing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval
ISBN: 9781611090970

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In the spring of 1960 three men accidentally discover a decaying body on a deserted island, later identified as the body of a Danish codicologist who had been missing for several months. An investigation ensues and the case is mysteriously linked to the contents of a medieval manuscript known as the Book of Flatey. Before long another body is found in Flatey, but this time an eagle has been carved into the victim's back in blood, in the ancient Viking tradition.

House of Evidence

House of Evidence
Author: Viktor Arnar Ingolfsson
Publisher: Amazon Crossing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Detective and mystery stories
ISBN: 9781611090994

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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...

Daybreak

Daybreak
Author: Viktor Arnar Ingólfsson
Publisher: Amazon Crossing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: Detective and mystery stories
ISBN: 9781611091014

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"Daybreak was first published in 2005 by Forlagid as Afturelding"--Title page verso.

The Ice Lands

The Ice Lands
Author: Steinar Bragi
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 263
Release: 2016-10-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1760550728

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A haunting tale of psychological suspense from Iceland's premier novelist, Steinar Bragi. "This is Iceland's Twin Peaks ... A thriller and a relationship drama so skillfully told that it is difficult to put the book down" Corren (Sweden) Set against Iceland's volcanic hinterlands, four thirty-somethings from Reykjavik - the reckless hedonist Egill; the recovering alcoholic Hrafin; and their partners Anna and Vigdis - embark on an ambitious camping trip, their jeep packed with supplies. Victims of the financial crisis, the purpose of the trip is to heal both professional and personal wounds, but the desolate landscape forces the group to reflect on the shattered lives they've left behind in the city. As their jeep hurtles through the barren land, an impenetrable fog descends, causing them to suddenly crash into a rural farmhouse. Seeking refuge from the storm, the group discover that the isolated dwelling is inhabited by a mysterious elderly couple who inexplicably barricade themselves inside every night. As past tensions within the group rise to the surface, the merciless weather blocks every attempt at escape, forcing them to ask difficult questions: who has been butchering animals near the house? What happened to the abandoned village nearby where bones lie strewn across the ground? And most importantly, will they ever return home?

Ivory Vikings

Ivory Vikings
Author: Nancy Marie Brown
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2015-09
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1137279370

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In the early 1800's, on a Hebridean beach in Scotland, the sea exposed an ancient treasure cache: 93 chessmen carved from walrus ivory. Norse netsuke, each face individual, each full of quirks, the Lewis Chessmen are probably the most famous chess pieces in the world. Harry played Wizard's Chess with them in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Housed at the British Museum, they are among its most visited and beloved objects. Questions abounded: Who carved them? Where? Nancy Marie Brown's Ivory Vikings explores these mysteries by connecting medieval Icelandic sagas with modern archaeology, art history, forensics, and the history of board games. In the process, Ivory Vikings presents a vivid history of the 400 years when the Vikings ruled the North Atlantic, and the sea-road connected countries and islands we think of as far apart and culturally distinct: Norway and Scotland, Ireland and Iceland, and Greenland and North America. The story of the Lewis chessmen explains the economic lure behind the Viking voyages to the west in the 800s and 900s. And finally, it brings from the shadows an extraordinarily talented woman artist of the twelfth century: Margret the Adroit of Iceland.

The Viking Age

The Viking Age
Author: Paul Belloni Du Chaillu
Publisher:
Total Pages: 626
Release: 1889
Genre: Northmen
ISBN:

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Speak Sunlight

Speak Sunlight
Author: Alan Jolis
Publisher:
Total Pages: 232
Release: 1996
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

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Wolf

Wolf
Author: Mo Hayder
Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2014-05-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0802192572

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The Edgar Award–winning, internationally bestselling author delivers a bone-chilling novel about a family held hostage in their country home. Wolf kicks off when a vagrant—the Walking Man, an enigmatic, recurring character in Hayder’s fiction—finds a dog wandering alone with a scrap of paper with the words “HELP US” attached to its collar. He’s sure it’s a desperate plea from someone in trouble and calls on Det. Inspector Jack Caffery to investigate. Caffery is reluctant to get involved—until the Walking Man promises to exchange new information regarding the childhood disappearance of Caffery’s brother. Caffery has no idea who or what he is searching for, but one thing he is sure of: it’s a race against time. Meanwhile, the Anchor-Ferrers, a wealthy local family, are fighting for their lives, held hostage in their remote home ten miles away. As their ordeal becomes increasingly bizarre and humiliating, the family begins to wonder: Is this really a random crime? “The home invasion novel to end all home invasion novels . . . Wolf is exceptionally original in premise and nightmarish in its rendering.”—BookPage

Missing

Missing
Author: Karin Alvtegen
Publisher: Canongate Books
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2010-08-31
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 184767688X

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Can murder and mercy go hand in hand? In The Grand Hotel, a homeless woman charms a businessman into paying for dinner and a room. When his dead body is discovered the following morning she becomes the prime suspect. When a second person is killed in similar circumstances, Sybilla, having left her comfortable middle-class upbringing for the anonymity of the streets, becomes the most wanted person in Sweden . . . Missing is a gripping, multi-faceted thriller; more than a murder-hunt, it is also something more profound : an individual's journey to self-awareness and hope.

Early History of Naushon Island

Early History of Naushon Island
Author: Amelia Forbes Emerson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 704
Release: 1935
Genre: History
ISBN:

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