A man is found murdered in his Reykjavik flat and the police have no obviousleads. The man lived alone and had no family and of his only two friends oneis servi... » 

A man is found murdered in his Reykjavik flat and the police have no obviousleads. The man lived alone and had no family and of his only two friends oneis serving time for an array of petty crimes and psychotic violence and theother hasnt been heard of for twentyfive years.Erlendur and his colleague Sigurdur Oli head the investigation team. They finda computer filled with downloaded pornography and in a desk the photograph ofa young girls grave and the cryptic note left behind by the killer. Delvinginto the dead mans past they discover that forty years ago he was accusedthough not convicted of rape. Now Erlendur has to follow his instincts whenhis colleagues are losing faith in the investigation. Foraging into the pastErlendur discovers that the city of Reykjavik has one or two secrets of itsown secrets it would rather keep.Jar City is the first in a new and exciting series of crime novels from theland of the saga and was a runaway success in Iceland. «