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JONASSON, RAGNAR: : WINTERKILL. [DARK ICELAND series.]

LONDON.ORENDA BOOKS,2020.

ISBN 9781913193461.

UK,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn. [Translation of Vetrarmein,2020.First published in French as 'Siglo',2020.This is the first English translation from the French edn,by David Warriner,2020.] FINE-/FINE. No owner inscrptn but author's handwritten black ink signature - without dedication - to a white on black+red illustrated recto of front free endpaper,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,wrap-around b/w snowbound Icelandic landscape photographic illustrated dw/dj,with author's capitalised,glossy,red-lettered name and capitalised,glossy,black-lettered title and critics' [Lee Child and Sunday Times] other black+red lettered reviews to front of dw/dj; spine/backstrip with similarly glossy,coloured+ lettered author+title as the front's and publisher's capitalised,red-lettered name and red illustrated colophon respectively to foot of same,rear panel red-lettered strap line and 7 critics' black+red lettered reviews.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and and corners - no nicks, tears or splits present,and book has a slight lean.Top+fore-edges with merest hint of toning but no foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - virtuaally pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread other than my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,unblemished, sharp-cornered,original plain white cloth boards with bright crisp,blocked metallic red gilt lettered spine/backstrip abd immaculate black+ red illustrated endpapers.UK,slim,small 8vo HB+ dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn,2-225pp [paginated] includes 50 chapters; plus [unpaginated] 4pp of reviews: 1pp of praise for 'WINTERKILL' and 3 of critics' reviews,list of other titles in the DARK ICELAND series with potted biographies of author and translator to its verso,half-title+ title pages,a dedication and epigram with b/w map of Iceland to its verso,another b/w map of street plan of Siglufjordur with a Pronunciation guide to its verso,and to the rear,as verso of last page,author's Acknowledgements.             Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation. It is only the minimal fault described that prevents a slightly higher grading.Despite that,it really is still an exceptional,exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults.                     Siglufjörður: an idyllically quiet fishing village on the northernmost tip of Iceland, accessible only via a small mountain tunnel.Ari Thór Arason: a local policeman,whose tumultuous past and uneasy relationships with the villagers continue to haunt him.                            When the body of a nineteen-year-old girl is found on the main street of Siglufjörður,Police Inspector Ari Thór battles a violent Icelandic storm in an increasingly dangerous hunt for her killer. . .               Easter weekend is approaching,and snow is gently falling in Siglufjörður,the northernmost town in Iceland,as crowds of tourists arrive to visit the majestic ski slopes. Ari Thór Arason is now a police inspector,but he’s separated from his girlfriend,who lives in Sweden with their three-year-old son.A family reunion is planned for the holiday,but a violent blizzard is threatening and there is an unsettling chill in the air. Three days before Easter,a nineteen-year-old local girl falls to her death from the balcony of a house on the main street.A perplexing entry in her diary suggests that this may not be an accident,and when an old man in a local nursing home writes ‘She was murdered’ again and again on the wall of his room, there is every suggestion that something more sinister lies at the heart of her death. . .                      As the extreme weather closes in,cutting the power and access to Siglufjörður,Ari Thór must piece together the puzzle to reveal a horrible truth. . . one that will leave no one unscathed. Chilling,claustrophobic and disturbing, 'WINTERKILL' marks the startling conclusion to the million-copy bestselling 'Dark Iceland' series and thus cements Ragnar Jónasson as one of the most exciting authors in crime fiction.   Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

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