Viktor Arnar graduated with B.Sc in Civil Engineering from the Icelandic College of Engineering and Technology in 1983. In 1990 and 1995 he studied Communications, Publishing and Computer Graphics at the George Washington University in Washington DC. He started working for the Public Roads Administration in 1969, and has worked there full time since 1983. Since 1985 he has supervised all the institution's publications. His first novel, Dauðasök (Capital Offence), was published in 1978. Since then he has published more crime novels. His third novel, Engin spor (No Trace), was nominated for the Glass Key award for Scandinavian crime writing, as was his fourth, Flateyjargáta (The Riddle of Flatey).
such a good book with lots of suspicious details and turning points,I would have given it 5 star,but in my opinion, the motive of the crimes was unsatisfying. read this in Armenian btw will still recommend