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Blackout

Dark Iceland, Book 3

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Blackout

By: Ragnar Jónasson
Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
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About this listen

On the shores of a tranquil fjord in Northern Iceland, a man is brutally beaten to death on a bright summer's night. As the 24-hour light of the arctic summer is transformed into darkness by an ash cloud from a recent volcanic eruption, a young reporter leaves Reykjavik to investigate on her own, unaware that an innocent person's life hangs in the balance.

Ari Thor Arason and his colleagues on the tiny police force in Siglufjordur struggle with an increasingly perplexing case while their own serious personal problems push them to the limit. What secrets does the dead man harbour, and what is the young reporter hiding? As silent, unspoken horrors from the past threaten them all, and the darkness deepens, it's a race against time to find the killer before someone else dies....

Dark, terrifying and complex, Blackout is an exceptional atmospheric thriller from one of Iceland's finest crime writers.

©2016 Ragnar Jonasson (P)2016 Audible, Ltd Cosy Crime Crime Fiction Crime Thrillers Genre Fiction International Mystery & Crime Literary Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Suspense Thriller Thriller & Suspense Polar Region Exciting

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Not as gripping as the first two books, still enjoyed it though. Hope the next one is better.

Not as gripping as the first two books

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Well this has quite the most incident packed hour that I can recall. It’s well read by Leighton Pugh, who manages to report the events without an ever higher or faster pace. The story starts calmly and moves through a number of everyday events before things begin to ramp up.

A big finish

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I purchased this on an impulse after check I Nguyen reviews. Glad I did as I really enjoyed the story and hearing about Iceland. Good read and well read

something different

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This is the second book in the chronology of the story of Ari Thor and the book that Audible call the second is the third. The chapter numbering goes back to one about half way through. There are two short repeats towards the end. Audible need to pay more attention to detail in order to avoid these defects.

Second book not third!

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The story only hots up on the final quarter & is good thereafter. However, the Icelandic names are a challenge making the story lines difficult to follow. Not the best book I've listened to but well narrated.

Hard to follow

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