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'The founder of the modern Norwegian crime novel' – Jo Nesbo On a blazing hot summer's day, holidaymakers at a guesthouse on a Norwegian island are shocked to discover a fellow guest has been found murdered out on a desolate plain. The nameless narrator, an author, was the last person to see the victim alive; shortly afterwards, he was disturbed by a noise like 'a rattling of chains'. A local tells him this is 'the iron chariot', which is said to presage death. Detective Asbjorn Krag is summoned from the capital of Kristiania, and sets about investigating the murder. When a similar death occurs on the plain, it is again preceded by the eerie sound of the iron chariot, which leaves no tracks. Mystery is added to mystery when the victim turns out to be a man believed to have died several years earlier. Drawn unwillingly into the investigation, the narrator is puzzled by the enigmatic detective's apparent inaction, and troubled by unfolding events. These begin to take a toll on his mental wellbeing and he sinks into a state of dread, exacerbated by mysterious happenings at the cabin where he is staying. So profound is his unease that he feels he must leave the island. Then Krag promi

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Author

Stein Riverton; Lucy Moffatt

Publisher

Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9781911420347

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Mystery, True Crime, Crime

Rating

3.56 / 5 (69 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14