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Operation Napoleon
Arnaldur Indriðason, 1961-
Adult Fiction ARNALDU
From Publishers' Weekly:
Near the outset of this kinetic thriller from Indridason (Jar City), Kristin, a lawyer with the Iceland Foreign Ministry in Reykjavik, receives a phone call from her younger brother, Elias, who tells her he's part of a team on its way to the remote Vatnajokull glacier. Almost immediately, Kristin finds herself being pursued by assassins tied to a covert American military operation to retrieve the wreckage of a German plane that crashed on the glacier in the closing days of WWII with, oddly, German and U.S. servicemen aboard. Dismissing official disinformation about the mission's purpose, Kristin flings herself into the thick of a black ops caper to uncover a secret so unsavory that the American military would kill to keep it quiet. Indridason takes an invigoratingly fresh approach to one of the best known conspiracy theories about Nazi and American relations. The cliche-riddled translation won't stop readers from racing to learn the final secret. (Oct.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
From Library Journal:
In the closing days of World War II, a German bomber crashes on a remote glacier in Iceland. Buried by a brutal snowstorm, it is lost from view but not from the troubled memories of the few who knew of its clandestine mission. Decades later, an Icelandic woman receives a garbled satellite phone call from her brother, an outdoorsman crossing the glacier by snowmobile. He mentions soldiers, guns, and men digging an airplane out of the ice.and then he disappears. Soon her own life is in danger, as powerful forces strive to keep a terrible secret hidden. Fans of Indrioason's popular and critically praised mysteries featuring Icelandic detective Erlendur will find that this title-first published in 1999 and only now translated into English-is a different style of book, more akin to the adventure tales of Clive Cussler or the historical-conspiracy thrillers of Dan Brown. The secrets-of-the-Nazis theme is a little timeworn, but the fast-paced action and dialog, smoothly translated into colloquial English, keep the reader hooked, and the dour Icelandic setting will appeal to fans of other Scandinavian thrillers. -VERDICT Fans of Indrioason's detective stories may pick up this stand-alone thriller, but its greatest appeal will be to fans of international action, adventure, and intrigue.--Bradley A. Scott, Corpus Christi, TX (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Arnaldur Indriðason, 1961-
Adult Fiction ARNALDU
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From Publishers' Weekly:
Near the outset of this kinetic thriller from Indridason (Jar City), Kristin, a lawyer with the Iceland Foreign Ministry in Reykjavik, receives a phone call from her younger brother, Elias, who tells her he's part of a team on its way to the remote Vatnajokull glacier. Almost immediately, Kristin finds herself being pursued by assassins tied to a covert American military operation to retrieve the wreckage of a German plane that crashed on the glacier in the closing days of WWII with, oddly, German and U.S. servicemen aboard. Dismissing official disinformation about the mission's purpose, Kristin flings herself into the thick of a black ops caper to uncover a secret so unsavory that the American military would kill to keep it quiet. Indridason takes an invigoratingly fresh approach to one of the best known conspiracy theories about Nazi and American relations. The cliche-riddled translation won't stop readers from racing to learn the final secret. (Oct.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
From Library Journal:
In the closing days of World War II, a German bomber crashes on a remote glacier in Iceland. Buried by a brutal snowstorm, it is lost from view but not from the troubled memories of the few who knew of its clandestine mission. Decades later, an Icelandic woman receives a garbled satellite phone call from her brother, an outdoorsman crossing the glacier by snowmobile. He mentions soldiers, guns, and men digging an airplane out of the ice.and then he disappears. Soon her own life is in danger, as powerful forces strive to keep a terrible secret hidden. Fans of Indrioason's popular and critically praised mysteries featuring Icelandic detective Erlendur will find that this title-first published in 1999 and only now translated into English-is a different style of book, more akin to the adventure tales of Clive Cussler or the historical-conspiracy thrillers of Dan Brown. The secrets-of-the-Nazis theme is a little timeworn, but the fast-paced action and dialog, smoothly translated into colloquial English, keep the reader hooked, and the dour Icelandic setting will appeal to fans of other Scandinavian thrillers. -VERDICT Fans of Indrioason's detective stories may pick up this stand-alone thriller, but its greatest appeal will be to fans of international action, adventure, and intrigue.--Bradley A. Scott, Corpus Christi, TX (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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