Jar City by Arnaldur Indriðason audiobook

Jar City: A Reykjavik Thriller

By Arnaldur Indriðason
Read by George Guidall

Recorded Books, Inc.

The Reykjavík Murder Mysteries: Book 1

7.59 Hours • Unabridged
Format : Digital Download (In Stock)
  • 2 Formats: Digital Download
  • 2 Formats: CD
  • $19.99
    or 1 Credit

    ISBN: 9781461805052

  • $42.99

    ISBN: 9781664402010

Gold Dagger Award winner Arnaldur Indridason's novels featuring Inspector Erlendur Sveinsson became international sensations on their way to selling millions of copies worldwide. The debut of morose detective Sveinsson finds the inspector and his team delving into the murder of a retiree with horrifying secrets. ". a model puzzle presented with clarity and crisp economy."-Kirkus Reviews

Learn More
Membership Details
  • Only $12.99/month gets you 1 Credit/month
  • Cancel anytime
  • Hate a book? Then we do too, and we'll exchange it.
See how it works in 15 seconds

Summary

Summary

Gold Dagger Award winner Arnaldur Indridason's novels featuring Inspector Erlendur Sveinsson became international sensations on their way to selling millions of copies worldwide. The debut of morose detective Sveinsson finds the inspector and his team delving into the murder of a retiree with horrifying secrets. ". a model puzzle presented with clarity and crisp economy."-Kirkus Reviews

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“A haunting and elegant novel.” —John Lescroart, New York Times bestselling author
“Classic mystery fiction, both compassionate and thrilling. Arnaldur Indriðason is about to become one of the brightest stars in the genre’s dark skies.” —John Connolly, New York Times bestselling author
“The writing has a directness and deceptive simplicity reminiscent of Simenon...Here is a new voice that demands to be listened to!” —Reginald Hill, author of Dialogues of the Dead
“A powerful, psychologically acute procedural drama.” —Booklist
“The descriptions of Reykjavík and the surrounding area...are fascinating in their own right, and the plotting is riveting...Detective Inspector Erlendur Sveinsson is an intense and introspective protagonist.” —BookPage
“[Indriðason’s] American debut, winner of the 2002 Nordic Crime Novel Award, is a model puzzle presented with clarity and crisp economy.” —Kirkus Reviews
“No wonder Arnaldur Indriðason won so many awards. He’s a great storyteller, and American readers will overwhelmingly agree.” —C. J. Box, New York Times bestselling author
“Indriðason’s detective is...a deeply appealing hero.” —Michael Malone, New York Times bestselling author of The Killing Club
“This is a dark, haunting novel, with a protagonist who searches for a murderer and finds his own humanity. The emotionally wrought ending caught me off guard and touched me in a way that few mystery novels do.” —Boston Globe
“Jar City stresses both the otherworldliness of this faraway country and how similar its denizens are to the rest of us...An excellent debut.” —Baltimore Sun
“[Erlendur is] a helluva detective.” —Minneapolis Star-Tribune
“There’s much to glean about the people of Iceland from this erudite and compelling story...Jar City taps into the melancholy of Scandinavian perspective and manages to be quite thrilling, too.” —Rocky Mountain News
“Fascinating...an original and puzzling mystery.” —Sunday Times (London)
“This careful, sparsely written book operates at a deeper level than most crime fiction: it conveys the sense of painful inevitability underlying the old stories that medieval Icelanders told through the long winter nights.” —Independent (London)

Reviews

Reviews

Be the first to review this product

Author

Author Bio: Arnaldur Indriðason

Author Bio: Arnaldur Indriðason

Arnaldur Indriðason won the CWA Gold Dagger Award for Silence of the Grave and is the only author to win the Glass Key Award for Best Nordic Crime Novel two years in a row, for Jar City and Silence of the Grave. He was awarded the prestigious RBA International Prize for Crime Writing in 2013 for Shadow Channel. The film of Jar City, now available from Netflix, was Iceland’s entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, and the film of Silence of the Grave is in production with the same director. The film Contraband, starring Mark Wahlberg, is based on an Icelandic film written by Indriðason, who lives in Reykjavik, Iceland.

Titles by Author

See All

Author Bio: Arnaldur Indridason

Author Bio: Arnaldur Indridason

Arnaldur Indridason won the CWA Gold Dagger Award for Silence of the Grave and is the only author to win the Glass Key Award for Best Nordic Crime Novel two years in a row, for Jar City and Silence of the Grave. The Draining Lake won the 2009 Barry Award for Best Novel.

Titles by Author

See All

Details

Details

Available Formats : Digital Download, CD
Runtime: 7.59
Audience: Adult
Language: English

We love books, and we believe that you should be able to enjoy your favorite book whenever, wherever, or whatever you are doing. Audiobooks allow that freedom.

©2025 Urban Audio Books . All rights reserved. Privacy Terms of Use Purchase Terms Cookie Policy ©2025 Urban Audio Books . All rights reserved.