This was a great political thriller and a quick read. I love dividing my consumption of non-fiction and business reads with spy and thriller novels. This has a nice twist on the ending. ( )

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Die Eiskappe des Vatnajökull auf Island schmilzt. Die Streitkräfte der US-Basis Keflavík sind in Alarmbereitschaft, denn der Gletscher hütet ein Geheimnis: Ein abgestürztes Flugzeug aus dem Zweiten Weltkrieg mit brisanter Fracht. Vor der grandiosen Kulisse des ewigen Eises gerät eine junge Isländerin in Lebensgefahr. Sie weiß nur wenig, aber das ist schon zu viel für die Drahtzieher der "Operation Napoleon"?

Good story. I will try more books by this author. ( )

It is worth noting that this was originally written in Icelandic and the translation occasionally mixes in something that I wouldn't expect to find in a thriller such as this. There was nothing incorrect in the translation, perhaps more just the opposite where the word choices are technically spot on, but not normally used in this context.



The strengths of the book are the character development and the tempo. The lead character, Kristin, is well written and her back story is well developed so that I wasn't left to try and fill it in myself. The other characters have enough depth to be memorable and credible.

Indriðason keeps the pace up throughout the book and kept me turning the pages. The notion of a thriller seems to invite all sorts of improbable coincidences. The events that happen simply for the sake of a good romp, and Indriðason seems to take full advantage of this in this book. It’s interesting, and exciting, but not really credible. The ending is simply ludicrous. I won’t say anything to avoid spoilers, but however history might have unfolded it most certainly would not have resulted in this ending.

Overall, a fairly entertaining book.

This was a first-reads selection of an ARC copy. ( )