The Reykjavik Confessions : The Incredible True Story Of Iceland's Most Notorious Murder Case
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PRODUCT OVERVIEW
- ISBN 9781785942884
- Categories BX, BXOS, NF BIO, Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction: Humanities, True Story and True Crime
- Author(s) Simon Cox
- Publisher Ebury Publishing
- Pages 320
- Format Paperback
- Dimensions 12.6cm x 2.0cm x 19.8cm
- Weight 0.24 kg
product description
BASED ON THE CELEBRATED BBC NEWS INVESTIGATION
'gripping and bitingly cold... full of fine detail and outrage' - Sunday Times
'Gripping' - Evening Standard
A true story of false memories.
'Over decades and decades in Iceland people have gone missing without anyone finding anything out. They just sort of disappear...'
In 1974, 18-year-old Gudmundur disappears after a boozy night in a fishing town near Reykjavik. Eleven months later Geirfinnur, a quiet family man, goes missing from Keflavik harbour in the southwest of Iceland after being summoned by a mysterious phone call from home. Both men are eventually presumed dead, but their bodies are never found.
This quiet island is in an uproar - two disappearances with no forensics, no leads, no clue what has happened. Soon, the vanishings set in motion an almost surreal series of events, a remarkable tale of corruption, forced confession, false memory and madness that stretches over 40 years.
Based on author Simon Cox's celebrated BBC News investigation, The Reykjavik Confessions is a chilling journey of discovery into a dark corner of Icelandic history, and a riveting true-crime thriller that will have you gripped until the very last page.
