The Reykjavik Confessions

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.

Product details

• Authors: Simon Cox
• Publisher: BBC Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 22.03.2018
• EAN: 9781785942884
• ISBN: 978-1-78594-288-4
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 198 mm x 20 mm
• Series: BBC BOOKS
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Iceland, TRUE CRIME / Murder / General, Criminal investigation & detection, c 1970 to c 1979, Criminal investigation and detection