Jar City
- 298
- Pages
- about 5 h
- Reading time
Affiliate link: buying through it supports BookRank at no extra cost to you.
About the book
A man is found murdered in his Reykjavik flat, and the police have no obvious leads. The man lived alone and had no family. Erlendur and his colleague Sigurdur Oli find a computer filled with pornography, and, in a desk, the photograph of a young girl's grave and the cryptic note left behind by the killer.
Reading order · Detective Erlendur series
Full order & progress →- Sons of DustStart hereSons of Dust–Not ranked yet
- Les roses de la nuitLes roses de la nuit–Not ranked yet
- Jar CityThis book
7.57.5 / 10 - Silence of the GraveSilence of the Grave–Not ranked yet
- VoicesVoices–Not ranked yet
- The Draining LakeThe Draining Lake–Not ranked yet
- Arctic ChillArctic Chill–Not ranked yet
- HypothermiaHypothermia–Not ranked yet
- OutrageOutrage–Not ranked yet
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.2 across 69 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 31% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Crime & mystery average of 7.6. That is how 7.5 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 7.2 | 69 | 100% |
Reader voices
The most-liked reviews on Hardcover (credited to their authors).
“It was ok, very short read and easy to guess the end. For me it is the first time to read about Iceland and good to know about it landscape and local.”
“I'm not precisely certain that I like Arnaldur Indriðason's Icelandic mysteries, but I certainly can't stop reading them! I enjoy the Icelandic setting, which feels very different from what I'm used to in the US (or in the British mysteries that I love.) Like many…”
Frequently asked
How long is Jar City?
It has 298 pages — shorter than 84% of the ranked books in Crime & mystery.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
If you liked this
The same shelf — Crime & mystery — and a score of 7.5, the closest to this book.
