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- I remember you / by Sigurdardottir, Yrsa.; Roughton, Philip.;
The crunching noise had resumed, now accompanied by a disgusting, indefinable smell. It could best be described as a blend of kelp and rotten meat. The voice spoke again, now slightly louder and clearer: "Don't go. Don't go yet. I'm not finished." In an isolated village in the Icelandic Westfjords, three friends set to work renovating a derelict house. But soon they realise they are not alone there - something wants them to leave, and it's making its presence felt. Meanwhile, in a town across the fjord, a young doctor investigating the suicide of an elderly woman discovers that she was obsessed with his vanished son. When the two stories collide the terrifying truth is uncovered...- Subjects: Mystery fiction.;
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- Summer light, and then comes the night : a novel / by Jón Kalman Stefánsson,1963-author.; Roughton, Philip,translator.; translation of:Jón Kalman Stefánsson,1963-Sumarljós, og svo kemur nóttin.English.;
"Sometimes, in small places, life becomes bigger. Sometimes a distance from the world's tumult opens our hearts and our dreams. In a village of four hundred souls, the infinite light of an Icelandic summer makes its inhabitants want to explore, and the eternal night of winter lights up the magic of the stars. The village becomes a microcosm of the age-old conflict between human desire and destiny, between the limits of reality and the wings of the imagination. With humor, poetry, and a tenderness for human weaknesses, Stefánsson explores the question of why we live at all"--- Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Interpersonal relations; Gossip; Villages ;
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- The girl by the bridge / by Arnaldur Indriðason,1961-author.; translation of:Arnaldur Indriðason,1961-Stúlkan hjá brúnni.English.; Roughton, Philip,translator.;
An elderly couple are worried about their granddaughter. They know she's been smuggling drugs, and now she's gone missing. Looking for help, they turn to Konrad, a former policeman whose reputation precedes him. Always absent-minded, he constantly ruminates on the fate of his father, who was stabbed to death decades ago. But digging into the past reveals much more than anyone set out to discover, and a little girl who drowned in the Reykjavik city pond unexpectedly captures everyone's attention.- Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Ex-police officers; Missing persons; Murder;
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