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A world-weary cop comes to believe a recent murder of a middle-aged man is linked to a case of possible rape three decades earlier by a group of friends and a corrupt cop. Working through, he finds it linked to neurofibromatosis, a rare disease among Nordics.
Jar City, also known as Tainted Blood (Icelandic: Mýrin, "The Bog") (listen ⓘ), is a crime novel by Icelandic author Arnaldur Indriðason, first published in Iceland in 2000. It was the first in the Detective Erlendur series to be translated into English (in 2004).
Jan 1, 2001 · Jar City. Arnaldur Indriðason, Bernard Scudder (Translator) 3.81. 30,625 ratings2,323 reviews. When a lonely old man is found murdered in his Reykjavík flat, the only clues are a cryptic note left by the killer and a photograph of a young girl’s grave.
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Oct 20, 2006 · Jar City is a 2006 film based on a novel by Arnaldur Indriðason, directed by Baltasar Kormákur and starring Ingvar Sigurdsson. It follows a detective who investigates a murder linked to a 30-year-old mystery and a genetic disease.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Baltasar Kormákur
- 2006-10-20
Feb 29, 2008 · Jar City is a 2008 film directed by Baltasar Kormákur, starring Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson as a detective investigating a murder linked to a cold case from 30 years ago. The film has a 95% critics rating and a 73% audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with reviews praising its atmosphere, mystery and drama.
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- Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson
- Baltasar Kormákur
- Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
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A murder opens up a bleak trail of long buried secrets and small town corruption for a worn out police detective and his squad. Örn's daughter is dead because of a rare genetic disease. By this time Erlendur has to find Holdeberg's killer.
