Rupture

By: Quentin Bates - translator, Ragnar Jónasson

Narrated by: Leighton Pugh

The fourth installment in the international best-selling Dark Iceland series

Over a million copies sold worldwide

With a stalker on the loose and the town of Siglufjörður in quarantine, a child goes missing, as Icelandic police officer Ari Thór Arason investigates a cold case of a mysterious death on an isolated fjord....

"Bitingly contemporary in setting and tone." (Express)

"A modern take on an Agatha Christie-style mystery, as twisty as any slalom...." (Ian Rankin)

1955. Two young couples move to the uninhabited, isolated fjord of Hedinsfjörður. Their stay ends abruptly when one of the women meets her death in mysterious circumstances. The case is never solved. Fifty years later an old photograph comes to light, and it becomes clear that the couples may not have been alone on the fjord after all....

In nearby Siglufjörður, young policeman Ari Thór tries to piece together what really happened that fateful night, in a town where no one wants to know, where secrets are a way of life. He’s assisted by Ísrún, a news reporter in Reykjavik, who is investigating an increasingly chilling case of her own. Things take a sinister turn when a child goes missing in broad daylight. With a stalker on the loose, and the town of Siglufjörður in quarantine, the past might just come back to haunt them.

Haunting, frightening and complex, Rupture is a dark and atmospheric thriller from one of Iceland’s foremost crime writers.

"Traditional and beautifully finessed…morally more equivocal than most traditional whodunnits, and it offers alluring glimpses of darker, and infinitely more threatening horizons." (Independent)

"A distinctive blend of Nordic Noir and Golden Age detective fiction…economical and evocative prose, as well as some masterful prestidigitation." (Laura Wilson, Guardian)

"A classic crime story seen through a uniquely Icelandic lens…first rate and highly recommended." (Lee Child)

Design by David Baldeosingh Rotstein

©2017 Ragnar Jonasson; English language translation 2016 by Quentin Bates (P)2020 Audible, Inc.

Good mystery, but lots of diversions

The book had an interesting mystery or, rather, a couple mysteries. However, one of the mysteries was a complete sideline with effectively nothing to do with the main story. That was odd.

It also remains frustrating that the books are NOT in the order they claim to be. Book 2 is NOT book 2; book 3 is not 3, etc. I can't believe that no one cares enough to fix that.

Favorite Ari Þór Arason novel thus far.

Great plot, characters, setting. Narrator Leighton Pugh is excellent.
Fourth novel read so far, I am enjoying these a lot!

An ok story

This book wasn’t as good as the others. All the going back and forth between the storylines in Reykjavik and Siglufjordur. Ari Thor is a young man, but the narrator makes him sound like he’s in his 60’s.

This book seemed familiar

I think this book may have been published earlier under a different name? As I listen to this novel it sounded so familiar and I was always one step ahead like I had heard it before.

Rupture

After listening to three of these boos and then this one, the difference in performer was so noticeable and a little jarring. His accent sounded almost British … the earlier performer was just so perfect, why change?
Anyway, overall another great listen. And it’s on to the next!

The best Dark Iceland book yet

I’m reading them in original Icelandic publishing order and this is definitely the best yet. Great story, great twists, lots of atmospheric moments and character development. Excited for the next one!

Totally unexpected ending

The only issue I had was Ari Thor's girlfriend's name being mispronounced repeatedly. It is a different narrator but he kept changing the pronouncation of the name

So far, not so good

I am currently on chapter five, and so far, there’s a lot of telling and very little showing. After listening to RJ's Reykjavik, I chose this book expecting it to be just as riveting. No such luck.