Outrage

One of my favorite Icelandic writers of fictional crime, but not my favorite among his books. He makes pains to have the detective in this book, Elinborg, speak about Icelandic crime transformation, how it is getting more organized and violent. In Outrage the special topic is date rape drugs and vic......more

Outrage is a strong title for a story this weak. As a big fan of Indridason's first few Erlendur novels, I found his latest a somnolent disappointment. Erlendur is mysteriously absent in this installment; the lead detective is Elinborg, Iceland's answer to Irene Huss (I guess), who must have most te......more

TW: rape I have had this book since its release (2008), but only now I had interest in reading, mostly because I will be visiting Iceland this year. I was expecting an atmospheric thriller and to feel transported to Reykjavik, but that didn’t happen. I thought that the concept was excellent, and so was......more

Le premier de la série sans Erlendur, parti on se sait avec précision, vers ses fjords montagneux nataux de l'Est. Et c'est Elinborg qui mène une enquête tout en finesse, intelligence et flair. Car l'inspectrice a publié un livre de recettes de cuisine il y a peu et son odorat est aiguisé, détecteur......more

"الضحايا ليست لهم صفة الضحية ما دام المجرم لا يحمل صفة المجرم" عبارة قرأتها في كتاب ما و لكنها تستحضرني بشدة بعد قراءة (غضب) فغضب تتكلم عن رونولفور ، المغتصب المتسلسل الذي له ذوق فريد في اختيار ضحاياه ، يخدرهنّ بواسطة مخدر يتسبب بفقدان جزئي للذاكرة ثمّ يمارس عليهن الفعل النكروفيلي ... ، تتالى ضحاياه ل......more