Operation Napoleon

I won a copy of this from Goodreads First Reads, and was quite excited, as I never win anything. Then I received my copy of Operation Napoleon, a glossy soft-cover with sharp cover art, and flipped it over and saw the dreaded kiss-of-death on the back cover -- it was compared to Clive Cussler. Noooo......more

English version below ************ Leider muss ich – wie so viele andere – auch auf Indridasons Erledur-Romane Bezug nehmen. Ich habe die Erlendur-Reihe mit großer Begeisterung gelesen und hier etwas Ähnliches erwartet. Im ersten Viertel des Buches habe ich mich auch schnell eingefunden und wohlgefühlt,......more

Indridason dans un exercice totalement différent de ses inspecteurs taciturnes et minutieux, Erlendur et Kónrad (à la retraite). Beaucoup plus proche des deux derniers épisodes de la saga de Rouletabille (Gaston Leroux), quand le journaliste-enquêteur défie une garnison ottomane de 500 soldats et s'......more

A real page-turner, by Icelandic author Arnaldur Indrioason. A German plane crashes onto an Icelandic glacier at the end of WWII. What was it carrying? Whatever it was, the US Army is determined to keep it a secret..........more

First, a small alert: Indridason fans should know that this is not the latest Erlendur tale, but a translation of a book originally published in 1999 (judging from the copyright page). Spare yourself that bit of disappointment. If anything, Operation Napoleon is evidence of how Indridason has mature......more