Jón Atli Jónasson – författare

Two broken cops. One irretrievably damaged and the other an outcast.Dora struggles to cope with life after taking a bullet to the head. Rado is the child of refugees, his career shunted off the tracks due to his family conenctions to an organised crime gang. But they're the only ones available when a troubled teenager vanishes from a school trip, and the trail gets darker the further they pursue it.Broken takes place in a side of Reykjavik no visitor would ever want to see, as the mismatched pair tread on all the wrong toes in the search for the missing youngster. This takes place against the backdrop of a vicious vendetta and price on Dora's head. A brutal turf war embroils Rado's family as he and Dora follow the threads of corruption higher and higher, to the top of the exclusive apartment block on the outskirts of the city.The first novel by award-winning screenwriter Jon Atli Jonasson to appear in English, Broken is the first of a razor-edged crime trilogy shot through with black humour and characters who leap off the page.

Two broken cops. One irretrievably damaged and the other an outcast.Dóra struggles to cope with life after taking a bullet to the head. Rado is the child of refugees, his career shunted off the tracks due to his family connections to an organised crime gang. But they’re the only ones available when a troubled teenager vanishes from a school trip, and the trail gets darker the further they pursue it.Broken takes place in a side of Reykjavík no visitor would ever want to see, as the mismatched pair tread on all the wrong toes in the search for the missing youngster. This takes place against the backdrop of a vicious vendetta and price on Dóra’s head. A brutal turf war embroils Rado’s family as he and Dóra follow the threads of corruption higher and higher, to the top of the exclusive apartment block on the outskirts of the city.The first novel by award-winning screenwriter Jón Atli Jónasson to appear in English, Broken is the first of a razor-edged crime trilogy shot through with black humour and characters who leap off the page.

Someone’s life ebbs away one night on a darkened TV studio set.Two sidelined cops on the Reykjavík force with enough problems of their own are handed a challenge that looks enough to break them. Rado’s the child of refugees, always an outsider. Dóra’s still coping with the fallout from a brain injury in the line of duty.The dead man was the lover of their boss, Elliði. Now he’ll only trust the two outliers to investigate, just as a lethally potent brand of opiate floods the city.Dóra and Rado are up against the clock as they hunt through Reykjavík’s merciless underworld, while the drug claims more lives. Someone’s stalking them as they stumble through the investigation – someone who knows exactly how vulnerable Rado is, pulling strings and ratcheting up the pressure as his wife and son are snatched.Breakneck action speeds through the streets of Reykjavík, in one handbrake turn after another, while Rado and Dóra see the truth slipping from their fingers.Toxic is the hardest-boiled Nordic Noir there is, following on from Jón Atli Jónasson’s spectacular English-language debut Broken, which introduced outlier cops Rado and Dóra.

Sie sind Außenseiter und kämpfen gegen Dämonen – nicht zuletzt ihre eigenen.Der erste Fall für Dora und Rado, Kriminalpolizei Reykjavík. Als im Thingvellir-Nationalpark ein Teenager verschwindet, wird Polizistin Dora mit den Ermittlungen betraut. Eigentlich soll sie nur Schreibtischarbeit leisten, da sie mit den Folgen einer Hirnverletzung aus einem Einsatz kämpft. Aber die Kollegen sind mit einer riskanten Razzia in der Unterwelt beschäftigt. Dora zur Seite steht Rado, Sohn serbischer Einwanderer. Er hat sich bei der Polizei hochgearbeitet, aber gerät durch familiäre Verbindungen in Schwierigkeiten. Für das Außenseiter-Duo wird die Suche zur Obsession: Rado wird vom brennenden Wunsch nach Gerechtigkeit angetrieben, während Dora Dinge bemerkt, die anderen entgehen – doch ihr Kopf ist unberechenbar.»Der isländische Kriminalroman des Jahres.« Steingerdurblog»Eine spannende Vision unserer Zeit.« StundinDer faszinierende skandinavische Nr.-1-Krimi mit überraschenden Wendungen, der die sozialen Veränderungen in Island in den Blick nimmt – Nordic Noir zwischen überwältigender Natur, alten Mythen und neuen Verbrechen.»Unheimlich glaubwürdige Figuren und ein bemerkenswerter Plot, der wirklich funktioniert.« Frettabladid