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Product details
- ISBN 9781739298951
- Dimensions: 130 x 200mm
- Publication Date: 01 Feb 2024
- Publisher: Corylus Books
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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Tony is a young man who has always been on the losing side in life. He was brought up by his troubled, alcoholic mother who had a past of her own as a talented ballerina, until a life-changing accident brought her dreams to a sudden end. As her own ambitions for fame and success were crushed, she used cruel and brutal methods to project them onto her young son - with devastating consequences.
There's no doubt that a body found on Reykjavik's OEskjuhlid hillside has been there for a long time. The case is handed to veteran detective Valdimar, supported by Ylfa, who is taking her tentative first steps as a police officer with the city's CID while coping with her own family difficulties.
It's not long before it's clear a vicious killer is on the loose - and very little about the case is what it appears to be at first glance.
With a unique voice and a style that doesn't shy away from a sometimes graphic take on shocking subject matter, Oskar Gudmundsson is one of the rising stars of the Icelandic crime fiction scene. His debut novel, Hilma, was awarded the Icelandic Crime Syndicate's Drop of Blood award for the best crime novel of 2015.
The first in a new series of novels, The Dancer was published in Icelandic simultaneously as an ebook, audiobook and paperback - accompanied by an original song in which Oskar's words have been put to music featuring some of Iceland's leading musicians - and was an immediate bestseller.
Oskar's talents don't end there, as he's also an artist and has held a number of exhibitions of his work.
