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Bei der herbstlichen Jagd auf Graugänse ist das Morgengrauen die beste Zeit für die Jagd. Unter den zielsicheren Schützen ist in diesem Jahr jedoch einer, der es mit seiner Schrotflinte nicht auf die Zugvögel, sondern auf die Jäger abgesehen hat. Drei rätselhafte Morde geschehen innerhalb eines kurzen Zeitraums, und die Mitarbeiter der isländischen Kriminalpolizei stehen vor der gefährlichen Aufgabe, einen brutalen Serienkiller zu finden, um dem tödlichen Katz-und-Maus-Spiel von Jäger und Gejagtem ein Ende zu machen.
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First published January 1, 2005
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Viktor Arnar Ingólfsson
17 books83 followersViktor 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).
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).
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July 10, 2020
أحاسيس عميقة يشعر بها صياد الإوز، وهو جالس لا يتحرك بانتظار أهدافه مصغيًا إلى الصمت العميق بينما يبزغ الفجر الجديد...ولكن دوي طلقات خرطوش مجهولة سيبدد هذا الصمت،
فبينما كان صياد إوز، يرتدي ملابس تمويهية، ويختبئ ببندقية الخرطوش الخاصة بالصيد، هو وكلبه الخاص، منتظرًا سربًا من طيور الإوز التي تعود دائمًا إلى نفس المكان كل خريف، لتتغذى وتستجمع قواها، تمهيدًا لهجرتها نحو الجنوب عبر المحيط الأطلسي،
سمع فجأة صوت طلقة أصابت أحد طيور الإوز في حقل البطاطس، المستخدمة في طمأنة أسراب الإوز المهاجرة واغرائها بالنزول.
وتوالت الطلقات في اتجاه صياد الإوز الذي رد هو الآخر بإطلاق النار دفاعًا عن نفسه، لتنقلب رحلة صيد الإوز، إلى ما يشبه مطاردة مسلحة، وهجومًا وحشيًا، ومحاولة قنص ضبابية تفتقر إلى المنطق من رجل شبحي يستهدف صياد إوز ...
يتم اكتشاف مقتل صياد الإوز وكلبه، بواسطة رجل عجوز يسكن في المزرعة؛ تلك المزرعة التي كانت ملكه قبل أن يشتريها القتيل في مزاد علني، ليبدأ التحقيق في الجريمة بواسطة المحقق بيركير وزميله غونار، وأول من يوضع في قائمة المشتبه فيهم الرجل المالك القديم للمزرعة.
أثناء التحقيق يتم الإبلاغ عن جريمة قتل ثانية، صياد إوز أيضًا، ومع بزوغ الفجر...!، ولكن هذه المرة لم يكن وحده بل كان معه مرافقًا قريبًا له، ليتم بعدها وضع مرافقه على قائمة المشتبه بهم، لأسباب قوية، ويتم فتح التحقيق !
ولكن تتوالى الجرائم، ليتم التفكير في التحقيق في الجرائم الأربعة، كجرائم متصلة، بدلًا من منفصلة، وتتجه الشكوك القوية نحو وجود قاتل متسلسل محترف، يشبه إوزة برية شرسة، يصطاد الرجال، صائدي الإوز، من خلال مطاردة قنص ضبابية وشبحية تنتهي بقنص صائد الإوز فجرًا ...
وتتشابك وتتعقد الخيوط التي تربط المشتبه بهم والضحايا ببعضهم البعض، مع وجود مراوغات في الاعترافات وتناقضات تعقد الأمور أكثر،
وكما تبدو عملية قنص صيادي إوز، بواسطة بندقية خرطوش تستخدم للصيد أو لقتل الحيوانات من مسافة قصيرة، ويصعب بها قتل الأشخاص إلا إذا تم الإطلاق والقنص عن قرب شديد ومباشر، أنها عملية خارجة عن المنطق، واقعة في الجنون،
يبدو أيضًا العثور على هذا القاتل المتسلسل الشبحي، سريع الخطى والبديهة، صائد الرجال، صائدي الإوز، كمطاردة ليلية في أرض صخرية ممتلئة بالفخاخ القاتلة، لعبة مجنونة وخطيرة، قد تكلف مَن قد يفكر في ارتداء ملابس تمويهية، وحمل بندقية خرطوش، كصائد الإوز، ويقرر خوضها حياته...!
رواية ممتعة، كلعبة قنص شبحية خطيرة محفوفة بالدهشة والمخاطر، ورغم أن الشخصيات فيها تبدو أنها كانت تحتاج لعمق أكثر، إلا أنني أحببتها وأحببت شعوري ببزوغ الفجر الجديد، وبسماع أصوات أسراب الإوز المحلقة في السماء، القادمة من بعيد؛ كما يبتهج قلبي بسماعها دومًا كل خريف، وأحببت رائحة العشب الطري، وطبيعة أيسلندا الهادئة الخلابة، وأحببت مشاهد الرواية الحية الملموسة، وإيقاعها الهادئ الذي يشبه بزوغ الفجر الجديد، ومشاعر الألم، والحزن، والخداع باسم الحب، وكسرة القلوب، والأمل المفقود، والجنون، والآسى، والندم الذي لابد له أن ينتهي، كما تنتهي كل الأشياء المؤلمة، وتتضح الرؤى والحقائق، مع الانتشار الهادئ للضوء عبر السماء، مع بزوغ فجر العدالة، وفجر الأمل، والحياة، مع بزوغ الفجر ...
"ألوان تشرق وتكتسب الدفء
مع عودة نار الفجر للاشتعال
طراوة الصباح تقبّلك
ليمر دم الحياة القرمزي نابضًا ...
كما هو الأمل، كما هي الحياة
في الضوء الخافت كلمات غائبة
يرسم طائر وحيد قوسًا وهو يحلق فوق الأرض السبخة،
يسود هنا السكون،
كما هو الأمل، كما هي الحياة.
ألم، وندم، وأسى عميق
كما هو الأمل، كما هي الحياة
إنما أبطأ وأكثر قليلًا،
كما هو الأمل، كما هي الحياة
كل ما تتعطش إليه أحاسيسك،
أول ضوء النهار ملئ بالبهجة،
قد تحرر من أحضان الليل،
عطر يفوح في النهار،
ولم يزل الغروب بعيدًا."
ليبزغ الفجر الجديد.
08.07.2020
فبينما كان صياد إوز، يرتدي ملابس تمويهية، ويختبئ ببندقية الخرطوش الخاصة بالصيد، هو وكلبه الخاص، منتظرًا سربًا من طيور الإوز التي تعود دائمًا إلى نفس المكان كل خريف، لتتغذى وتستجمع قواها، تمهيدًا لهجرتها نحو الجنوب عبر المحيط الأطلسي،
سمع فجأة صوت طلقة أصابت أحد طيور الإوز في حقل البطاطس، المستخدمة في طمأنة أسراب الإوز المهاجرة واغرائها بالنزول.
وتوالت الطلقات في اتجاه صياد الإوز الذي رد هو الآخر بإطلاق النار دفاعًا عن نفسه، لتنقلب رحلة صيد الإوز، إلى ما يشبه مطاردة مسلحة، وهجومًا وحشيًا، ومحاولة قنص ضبابية تفتقر إلى المنطق من رجل شبحي يستهدف صياد إوز ...
يتم اكتشاف مقتل صياد الإوز وكلبه، بواسطة رجل عجوز يسكن في المزرعة؛ تلك المزرعة التي كانت ملكه قبل أن يشتريها القتيل في مزاد علني، ليبدأ التحقيق في الجريمة بواسطة المحقق بيركير وزميله غونار، وأول من يوضع في قائمة المشتبه فيهم الرجل المالك القديم للمزرعة.
أثناء التحقيق يتم الإبلاغ عن جريمة قتل ثانية، صياد إوز أيضًا، ومع بزوغ الفجر...!، ولكن هذه المرة لم يكن وحده بل كان معه مرافقًا قريبًا له، ليتم بعدها وضع مرافقه على قائمة المشتبه بهم، لأسباب قوية، ويتم فتح التحقيق !
ولكن تتوالى الجرائم، ليتم التفكير في التحقيق في الجرائم الأربعة، كجرائم متصلة، بدلًا من منفصلة، وتتجه الشكوك القوية نحو وجود قاتل متسلسل محترف، يشبه إوزة برية شرسة، يصطاد الرجال، صائدي الإوز، من خلال مطاردة قنص ضبابية وشبحية تنتهي بقنص صائد الإوز فجرًا ...
وتتشابك وتتعقد الخيوط التي تربط المشتبه بهم والضحايا ببعضهم البعض، مع وجود مراوغات في الاعترافات وتناقضات تعقد الأمور أكثر،
وكما تبدو عملية قنص صيادي إوز، بواسطة بندقية خرطوش تستخدم للصيد أو لقتل الحيوانات من مسافة قصيرة، ويصعب بها قتل الأشخاص إلا إذا تم الإطلاق والقنص عن قرب شديد ومباشر، أنها عملية خارجة عن المنطق، واقعة في الجنون،
يبدو أيضًا العثور على هذا القاتل المتسلسل الشبحي، سريع الخطى والبديهة، صائد الرجال، صائدي الإوز، كمطاردة ليلية في أرض صخرية ممتلئة بالفخاخ القاتلة، لعبة مجنونة وخطيرة، قد تكلف مَن قد يفكر في ارتداء ملابس تمويهية، وحمل بندقية خرطوش، كصائد الإوز، ويقرر خوضها حياته...!
رواية ممتعة، كلعبة قنص شبحية خطيرة محفوفة بالدهشة والمخاطر، ورغم أن الشخصيات فيها تبدو أنها كانت تحتاج لعمق أكثر، إلا أنني أحببتها وأحببت شعوري ببزوغ الفجر الجديد، وبسماع أصوات أسراب الإوز المحلقة في السماء، القادمة من بعيد؛ كما يبتهج قلبي بسماعها دومًا كل خريف، وأحببت رائحة العشب الطري، وطبيعة أيسلندا الهادئة الخلابة، وأحببت مشاهد الرواية الحية الملموسة، وإيقاعها الهادئ الذي يشبه بزوغ الفجر الجديد، ومشاعر الألم، والحزن، والخداع باسم الحب، وكسرة القلوب، والأمل المفقود، والجنون، والآسى، والندم الذي لابد له أن ينتهي، كما تنتهي كل الأشياء المؤلمة، وتتضح الرؤى والحقائق، مع الانتشار الهادئ للضوء عبر السماء، مع بزوغ فجر العدالة، وفجر الأمل، والحياة، مع بزوغ الفجر ...
"ألوان تشرق وتكتسب الدفء
مع عودة نار الفجر للاشتعال
طراوة الصباح تقبّلك
ليمر دم الحياة القرمزي نابضًا ...
كما هو الأمل، كما هي الحياة
في الضوء الخافت كلمات غائبة
يرسم طائر وحيد قوسًا وهو يحلق فوق الأرض السبخة،
يسود هنا السكون،
كما هو الأمل، كما هي الحياة.
ألم، وندم، وأسى عميق
كما هو الأمل، كما هي الحياة
إنما أبطأ وأكثر قليلًا،
كما هو الأمل، كما هي الحياة
كل ما تتعطش إليه أحاسيسك،
أول ضوء النهار ملئ بالبهجة،
قد تحرر من أحضان الليل،
عطر يفوح في النهار،
ولم يزل الغروب بعيدًا."
ليبزغ الفجر الجديد.
08.07.2020
July 4, 2013
Viktor Arnar Ingolfsson's "Daybreak" is a rather straightforward police procedural where Reykjavik detectives are trying to catch a serial killer. It is marred by the use of two major literary clichés, but redeemed a little by the Icelandic setting. The author of "Flatey Enigma" and "House of Evidence" (I have reviewed both titles here) has been skillful in capturing the sense of location in his novels. Also, the choice of the killer's victims is cleverly offbeat: geese hunters are being killed during or just before the hunt.
In the character cliché, the two main detectives have stereotypically contrasting personalities: a fastidious, hard working, and dedicated Birkir, of Vietnamese extraction, and Gunnar, an overeating and heavily drinking slob, but an experienced and smart detective. This could have been overcome by deeper characterizations but unfortunately, with few exceptions, the characters in this novel are underdeveloped and stereotypical. I will not reveal the plot cliché here, so as not to spoil the reading, but it appears about mid-novel and concerns the motive for the killings.
There are some good things in this unremarkable novel such as, for example, a list of euphemisms for death reminiscent of the famous Parrot Sketch ("becoming a root inspector" is my favorite) or the astute characterization of Detective Superintendent Magnus Magnusson's family life, but overall the book has left me quite disappointed. The author himself refers to Sjowall and Wahloo's "The Laughing Policeman", a masterpiece of the Scandinavian police procedural genre, as if paying it homage, with the understanding that his work does not rise to the old masters' level of writing craft.
Finally, I now know for sure that I will never be a geese hunter. Using decoys to trick the flying geese to entice them to land and killing them is not my idea of a good time.
Two and a quarter stars.
In the character cliché, the two main detectives have stereotypically contrasting personalities: a fastidious, hard working, and dedicated Birkir, of Vietnamese extraction, and Gunnar, an overeating and heavily drinking slob, but an experienced and smart detective. This could have been overcome by deeper characterizations but unfortunately, with few exceptions, the characters in this novel are underdeveloped and stereotypical. I will not reveal the plot cliché here, so as not to spoil the reading, but it appears about mid-novel and concerns the motive for the killings.
There are some good things in this unremarkable novel such as, for example, a list of euphemisms for death reminiscent of the famous Parrot Sketch ("becoming a root inspector" is my favorite) or the astute characterization of Detective Superintendent Magnus Magnusson's family life, but overall the book has left me quite disappointed. The author himself refers to Sjowall and Wahloo's "The Laughing Policeman", a masterpiece of the Scandinavian police procedural genre, as if paying it homage, with the understanding that his work does not rise to the old masters' level of writing craft.
Finally, I now know for sure that I will never be a geese hunter. Using decoys to trick the flying geese to entice them to land and killing them is not my idea of a good time.
Two and a quarter stars.
March 8, 2015
I love a good mystery/crime book. It is always interesting to read a European based book once in a while to really contrast with the American approach.
Daybreak is set in Iceland, there is a killer on the loose. He is killing goose hunters. It is up to Birkir and Gunnar of Reykjavik’s Violent Crime Unit to stop the serial killer. Despite the fact that they are both loners and foreigners, you could not find a pair of detectives so different from one another, who still get along as well as Birkir and Gunnar. Iceland is really the only home that they have ever known.
Ingolfsson has told an excellent who-done-it. I was guessing right up until the very end. What was different about Daybreak is that it is not only about one detective and his partner, both Birkir and Gunnar share equal billing. The crime was gruesome and violent (bonus!), the suspect and twist were unexpected and the cast of characters allowed for some great comic relief.
This was my first Ingolfsson book. While I can see the obvious comparisons to Larsson and Adler-Olsen (all dark crime books set in Northern Europe), Ingolfsson has his own unique presentation which sets him on his own.
If you like dark crime stories, you need to read Daybreak!
Daybreak is set in Iceland, there is a killer on the loose. He is killing goose hunters. It is up to Birkir and Gunnar of Reykjavik’s Violent Crime Unit to stop the serial killer. Despite the fact that they are both loners and foreigners, you could not find a pair of detectives so different from one another, who still get along as well as Birkir and Gunnar. Iceland is really the only home that they have ever known.
Ingolfsson has told an excellent who-done-it. I was guessing right up until the very end. What was different about Daybreak is that it is not only about one detective and his partner, both Birkir and Gunnar share equal billing. The crime was gruesome and violent (bonus!), the suspect and twist were unexpected and the cast of characters allowed for some great comic relief.
This was my first Ingolfsson book. While I can see the obvious comparisons to Larsson and Adler-Olsen (all dark crime books set in Northern Europe), Ingolfsson has his own unique presentation which sets him on his own.
If you like dark crime stories, you need to read Daybreak!
July 7, 2013
This was my second of Viktor Ingolfsson's Novels that I read this past month. I could not put either of them down, but I think I enjoyed House of Evidence a bit more because of the historical times and settings woven throughout the story. Daybreak is set entirely in Iceland, and is a crime mystery, pure and simple. But maybe not so simple. He deals with difficult issues, people's lives, hopes, dreams, disappointments, and very personal matters.
In reading Ingolfsson I feel I am understanding more about Iceland, which is one of the reasons I have been reading Icelandic literature and novels. Once again, I wish I knew the language so that I could read his works in the original and not just in translation, although this book was translated by the same team of excellent translators who translated House of Evidence.
This book deals with, of course, murder, but also goose hunting, rural life, urban life, and perhaps my favorite character, Birker, whose quotations I loved. The poetry in the book added to the story and depth of the characters, and seemed to me to be so very Icelandic.
In reading Ingolfsson I feel I am understanding more about Iceland, which is one of the reasons I have been reading Icelandic literature and novels. Once again, I wish I knew the language so that I could read his works in the original and not just in translation, although this book was translated by the same team of excellent translators who translated House of Evidence.
This book deals with, of course, murder, but also goose hunting, rural life, urban life, and perhaps my favorite character, Birker, whose quotations I loved. The poetry in the book added to the story and depth of the characters, and seemed to me to be so very Icelandic.
May 10, 2013
Daybreak is a competently written, plot-driven crime novel that has been well translated from the Icelandic. While I enjoyed reading it, I can’t say it will stay with me or that I would read additional books if it were to become a series. There was a generic feel to the novel, as though it could have been set almost anywhere—it didn’t have a strong sense of place or character.
The detectives assigned to the case, Gunnar and Birkir, are both outsiders themselves; Gunnar is of German heritage, Birkir Vietnamese. The author did a good job of conveying the distance they felt from Icelandic society, but unfortunately in doing so he also created too much distance between the reader and the characters. They both had the potential to be interesting, yet because of the lack of development, both struck me as stereotypes: the overweight, sloppy detective and the silent, inscrutable one. I had hoped the author would use the setting to greater advantage, since Iceland is such a remote, bleak landscape, but with its focus on plot, there’s not a lot of description.
Some of the elements that I most enjoy about Nordic crime fiction were missing from this book—strong sense of setting, a greater social awareness—but that's not necessarily a criticism. This was a solid, compelling mystery novel, perfect for a beach read or on the airplane, when you want a fast-paced, quick read.
This ARC was furnished by the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
The detectives assigned to the case, Gunnar and Birkir, are both outsiders themselves; Gunnar is of German heritage, Birkir Vietnamese. The author did a good job of conveying the distance they felt from Icelandic society, but unfortunately in doing so he also created too much distance between the reader and the characters. They both had the potential to be interesting, yet because of the lack of development, both struck me as stereotypes: the overweight, sloppy detective and the silent, inscrutable one. I had hoped the author would use the setting to greater advantage, since Iceland is such a remote, bleak landscape, but with its focus on plot, there’s not a lot of description.
Some of the elements that I most enjoy about Nordic crime fiction were missing from this book—strong sense of setting, a greater social awareness—but that's not necessarily a criticism. This was a solid, compelling mystery novel, perfect for a beach read or on the airplane, when you want a fast-paced, quick read.
This ARC was furnished by the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
August 5, 2013
I was listening to NPR around the same time that everyone on the planet, including me, was reading The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo trilogy when the commentator mentioned the Martin Beck series of Scandinavian novels (collectively known as The Story of Crime). I was interested, picked up the first book and immediately -- and obsessively -- devoured the whole lot of them, packing each one up and sending it off to my folks as soon as I finished them: a vote of high confidence in my world. Why am I mentioning this now? Honestly, it was my previous good experience with that series and my American tendency to lump Iceland in with the Scandinavian countries that led to me picking up Daybreak in the first place. Although Daybreak was not the best crime novel I've ever read, I did track down a second book by this author. There is an interesting window into a society to be seen through the pages of a crime novel -- the glimpse was enough to make me look for more.
July 22, 2013
2.5 stars. Good, competent - not great. I liked the characterization (other than the villain) and characters (ditto). The plot however suffered from numerous rather unlikely/unrealistic elements used for the sake of convenience (e.g., ), and I ID'd the villain and several supposed plot twists (e.g., ) pretty far in advance of the reveals of the same (and perhaps for that reason thought the cops unduly slowwitted).
August 17, 2021
A not-very-good crime novelist tells one of the police officers in the book, “Interesting policemen drive the story forward. You two, on the other hand, have the personalities of goldfish.” He’s not wrong. (This would also have been a lot more entertaining if he had not given several more meta lectures over the course of the novel about how crime fiction should be written and what makes it interesting.) There is also a multi-chapter monologue by the serial killer towards the end which is just… well, it’s a thing, let’s put it that way.
Anyway, overall this was fine but nothing that I’m going to re-read.
Anyway, overall this was fine but nothing that I’m going to re-read.
May 6, 2015
This Icelandic mystery is a must on any list.
A geese hunter is out just waiting for the geese to show up and be lulled in by his decoys. From out of no where his decoys get taken out by another hunter and then the first hunter becomes the hunted. The man hunter must now be found. The police have their work cut out for them as more hunters are killed. This book shows society of Iceland as the police and those must seek take us throughout the land and the diverse characters you encounter. If you like a mystery that leaves you guessing up too the end, this is it.
A geese hunter is out just waiting for the geese to show up and be lulled in by his decoys. From out of no where his decoys get taken out by another hunter and then the first hunter becomes the hunted. The man hunter must now be found. The police have their work cut out for them as more hunters are killed. This book shows society of Iceland as the police and those must seek take us throughout the land and the diverse characters you encounter. If you like a mystery that leaves you guessing up too the end, this is it.
August 28, 2014
First book I've read by Ingolfsson and first time he's come to my attention. Having visited Iceland I am always interested in books by Icelandic authors. I had, as usual, no idea of who the killer was and thought the mystery was kept a mystery for a good long time. Loved the setting and the feel of Icelandic life - tho, of course, I have no idea of the authenticity of it. Will look for more books by this author.
May 26, 2025
Übersetzung von Coletta Bürling erhält den bedächtigen Rhythmus und die typischen Umständlichkeit der isländischen Fahnder. In der gründlichen Aufklärungsarbeit erhalten kleine, zwischenmenschlich berührende Momente die Aufmerksamkeit des Lesers bis zum Ende in der Geschichte. Ein Krimi wie ein gemütlicher Lesesessel.
June 9, 2018
I don’t know what it is about Scandinavian mystery writers, and about Icelandic writers in particular, but they’re both very similar to and very different from the class Anglo-American police procedural. And Ingofsson is one of the best of them, so it’s a puzzle why this one had to wait eight years to be published in translation. Birkir Hinriksson is a homicide detective of some experience and despite his name, he’s V-Vietnamese, a refugee orphan who came to Iceland with a party of boat people. He’s a loaner, takes his job very seriously, and loves running, sharp clothes, and classical music. His partner is Gunnar Mariuson, also unmarried, but otherwise a very different sort of person -- and yet the two of them work perfectly as a team. In this case, a goose hunter has been murdered with a shotgun at dawn near his hunting blind, and the two men have to travel out from Reykjavik to see what they can make of things. And they’re just beginning to figure out the forensic facts of the case and sort out the probable suspects, when another goose hunter is killed some distance away. And then they turn up a possibly connected case from the previous year. Is there a conspiracy here, or a serial killer, or what? The author’s style is straightforward, not dramatic, and with a leavening of dry wit. It’s a quick read and an enjoyable one.
December 25, 2023
نبذة عن الكتاب:
"في فجر أحد الأيام الملائمة للصيد. جلس صياد ينتظر قدوم رف الطيور ليمارس هوايته.و لكن أحدهم كان له رأي آخر في ما يجب أن يُصطاد في ذلك اليوم" -مقتبس-
حيث توالت جرائم القتل المتعمدة و المركزة على صيادين الأوز ،مما آثار الدهشة و الاستغراب في قسم التحقيقات حول السبب الذي يدفع شخص ما على ملاحقة صيادين الأوز و قتلهم باستخدام بندقية صيد ، فسعوا جاهدين للتوصل للقاتل غريب الأطوار وسط أحداث مليئة بالغموض.
رواية بوليسية شيقة، من خلال أحداثها يعكس " فكتور انغولفسون" مجموعة من المشاعر الجياشة و خيبات الأمل و التضحيات المبذولة.
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أسلوب الكاتب و الرأي الشخصي:
في كل زيارة لي للمكتبة، تضم مجموعة الكتب التي اقتنيها على كتاب واحد على الأقل ،اختارهُ بناء على حدسي الشخصي بأنه كتاب جيد و يستحق القراءة ،بدون أي اعتماد على رأي القراء الآخرين.
و بعد قراءتي للكتاب،اكتسب شعورٌ جميل عندما أجد أنه فعلا كتاب مميز .."بزوغ الفجر" أحدى هذه الكتب، كنت أبحث عن كتاب مترجم لم أسمع عنه قط واخترته بصورة عشوائية من المكتبة. فكانت النتيجة أني اخترت رواية بوليسية ذو مقومات متزنة و متسلسلة الأحداث بحبكة جميلة.
لمحبي الروايات البوليسية، هذا الكتاب سينال إعجابكم
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"في فجر أحد الأيام الملائمة للصيد. جلس صياد ينتظر قدوم رف الطيور ليمارس هوايته.و لكن أحدهم كان له رأي آخر في ما يجب أن يُصطاد في ذلك اليوم" -مقتبس-
حيث توالت جرائم القتل المتعمدة و المركزة على صيادين الأوز ،مما آثار الدهشة و الاستغراب في قسم التحقيقات حول السبب الذي يدفع شخص ما على ملاحقة صيادين الأوز و قتلهم باستخدام بندقية صيد ، فسعوا جاهدين للتوصل للقاتل غريب الأطوار وسط أحداث مليئة بالغموض.
رواية بوليسية شيقة، من خلال أحداثها يعكس " فكتور انغولفسون" مجموعة من المشاعر الجياشة و خيبات الأمل و التضحيات المبذولة.
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أسلوب الكاتب و الرأي الشخصي:
في كل زيارة لي للمكتبة، تضم مجموعة الكتب التي اقتنيها على كتاب واحد على الأقل ،اختارهُ بناء على حدسي الشخصي بأنه كتاب جيد و يستحق القراءة ،بدون أي اعتماد على رأي القراء الآخرين.
و بعد قراءتي للكتاب،اكتسب شعورٌ جميل عندما أجد أنه فعلا كتاب مميز .."بزوغ الفجر" أحدى هذه الكتب، كنت أبحث عن كتاب مترجم لم أسمع عنه قط واخترته بصورة عشوائية من المكتبة. فكانت النتيجة أني اخترت رواية بوليسية ذو مقومات متزنة و متسلسلة الأحداث بحبكة جميلة.
لمحبي الروايات البوليسية، هذا الكتاب سينال إعجابكم
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December 26, 2017
I thoroughly enjoyed this book, both the storyline and the characters. It was well crafted and I found it difficult to stop reading. I must say one aspect of the mystery was easy to figure out. However, this didn't take away from my desire to read on.
Gunner may have appeared a brownish character but he certainly was a smart cop. So was Birkir. They may have appeared mismatched but they work well together. Their backgrounds helped in their development.
The why of the story made sense if a psychopath's reasoning can make sense. All in all, the book makes me hope Mr. Ingolfsson continues to create more m :) stories with these characters.
Gunner may have appeared a brownish character but he certainly was a smart cop. So was Birkir. They may have appeared mismatched but they work well together. Their backgrounds helped in their development.
The why of the story made sense if a psychopath's reasoning can make sense. All in all, the book makes me hope Mr. Ingolfsson continues to create more m :) stories with these characters.
July 20, 2021
Quite Far Fetched
I read this book after Sun on Fire and preferred the latter. While the timing of this one precedes Sun on Fire and has the same characters in the Violent Crime Division, it ended rather disappointingly. I liked the lyrical descriptions of the landscape and predawn experiences of goose hunting, but the story's murders, while pretty exciting until just before the end, wound down to a bizarre explanation by the murderer and then just fizzled. A bit disappointing really, especially after the brilliance of Sun on Fire. Maybe if I had read them the other way around... 🙁
I read this book after Sun on Fire and preferred the latter. While the timing of this one precedes Sun on Fire and has the same characters in the Violent Crime Division, it ended rather disappointingly. I liked the lyrical descriptions of the landscape and predawn experiences of goose hunting, but the story's murders, while pretty exciting until just before the end, wound down to a bizarre explanation by the murderer and then just fizzled. A bit disappointing really, especially after the brilliance of Sun on Fire. Maybe if I had read them the other way around... 🙁
October 30, 2020
One of the many absurd things about James Bond movies, is the villain explaining his motives and the manner 007 is going to die. Why not shoot Bond and get it over with? The same thing happens here. The mentally-ill murderer of geese hunters, has to explain his motives. Why he left a young woman dangling at the top of a ski lift. Does things like this happen in real life. It is like my perpetual question why don't real criminals give themselves catchy names like the Joker? It would make true crime more interesting.
April 7, 2018
Always good to branch out--an Icelandic thriller has an ending that no American writer would ever use.
Situation: Our main cop is personally in danger and the girl is trapped in a gondola in danger of freezing to death.
American ending: Cop kills bad guy and rescues girl.
Icelandic ending: Cop escapes from bad guy by running (!) away. He goes to where the girl is trapped but he can't figure out how to work the gondola so he gets help from others.
Dirty Harry he is not!
Situation: Our main cop is personally in danger and the girl is trapped in a gondola in danger of freezing to death.
American ending: Cop kills bad guy and rescues girl.
Icelandic ending: Cop escapes from bad guy by running (!) away. He goes to where the girl is trapped but he can't figure out how to work the gondola so he gets help from others.
Dirty Harry he is not!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 7, 2019
I wasn't expecting to like a mystery about duck hunters very much, but I was wrong. It was very engaging and kept me guessing. I liked the two main detectives - the one had to deal with racism as an Asian in Iceland, and the other made me guffaw at one point. The story took place over the course of a week. The killer's monologue could have been tweaked a bit in the ending, but overall I really liked this mystery.
December 27, 2024
I'm always on the look out for Icelandic crime novels, so I picked this up over a decade ago. It was a slow read, and the narrative felt a bit clunky. The ending saved the book. The premise was completely different than I thought it was for half the book, that when the reveal happened, and the way it happened surprised me. I have a couple other books by this author, and I am looking forward to reading them.
January 7, 2018
Someone is hunting goose hunters in this Icelandic mystery. While I enjoyed the story, the author needs to work on the "show, don't tell" aspect of fleshing out characters. There are two main detectives in this story, but at the end, all I can tell you about them is that one is fat and one is Vietnamese.
November 28, 2020
Solid good novel
Daybreak presents a unique scenario in which an unknown killer embarks on a short spree shotgunning bird hunters who themselves are hunting geese. Wonderful police procedural with pleadingly interesting police and detectives laboring to find the truth of who he killer is...,
Daybreak presents a unique scenario in which an unknown killer embarks on a short spree shotgunning bird hunters who themselves are hunting geese. Wonderful police procedural with pleadingly interesting police and detectives laboring to find the truth of who he killer is...,
April 11, 2018
Highly recommend- excellent character development and beautiful setting. Smooth and fluid translation. An additional bonus is that each volume contains a piece of original poetry written by a friend of the author.
I am looking forward to reading all his books!
I am looking forward to reading all his books!
April 19, 2018
I thought this was a pretty good book. It is set in Iceland and hence a bit different. It is the second book I have read featuring Birkir and Gunnar. I hope that someone who is familiar with the author's work will set up the books with these characters as a series.
March 19, 2019
Very quick read. Scandinoir book about murders in Iceland. Some small surprises, and only a moderate amount of gratuitous sex for a crime novel, but some of the "twists" were pretty obvious. I liked the poem at the end, the goose-hunting imagery.
June 13, 2019
Other than the Icelandic culture and setting, unfortunately, I really did not like this book. There was too much exposition, bland characters, no character arcs, a dragging plot, and illogical character motives. Overall, a big disappointment.
October 24, 2019
An enjoyable story. I liked the characters. I liked the detail. I found the meta-narrative about "what a good crime novel should have" amusing. The mystery was rather predictable - but despite that it was a fun ride.
January 29, 2020
توجد بعض الثغرات في طريقة تحقيق الشرطة
لا أدري هل هذا متعمد من الكاتب لجعل القارئ يقوم بجمع الأدلة بنفسه؟
او ان الشرطة تفتقر الى الخبرة في مثل هذه الجرائم ؟
او ان المجرم أذكى منهم ؟
جيدة و سريعة الأحداث
لا أدري هل هذا متعمد من الكاتب لجعل القارئ يقوم بجمع الأدلة بنفسه؟
او ان الشرطة تفتقر الى الخبرة في مثل هذه الجرائم ؟
او ان المجرم أذكى منهم ؟
جيدة و سريعة الأحداث
August 31, 2022
I really love the dialogue and interactions between the characters! It makes the whole story even more engaging and fun to read until the last page. I read this for school many years ago but I hope I get to re-reading it soon.
February 11, 2018
Average "who dunnit" book. Hunters and gun enthusiasts would probably enjoy it.
March 5, 2018
Being part Icelandic probably influences me here, but I found this book to be very well written... with very cool characters.
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