Tainted Blood

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Tainted Blood
Author Arnaldur Indriðason
Original title (if not in English) Mýrin
Translator Bernard Scudder
Country Iceland
Language Icelandic
Series Detective Erlendur, #3
Genre(s) Crime, Mystery novel
Publisher Harvill Press (Eng. trans.)
Released 2000 (orig.) (Eng. trans. 2004)
Media Type Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages 224 pp (Eng. trans.)
ISBN ISBN 0-09-946163-3 (Eng. trans.)
Followed by Silence of the Grave

Tainted Blood (Icelandic: Mýrin) is a crime novel by Icelandic author Arnaldur Indriðason, originally published in Iceland in 2000. The novel was first published in English as Jar City, but the title was changed for following editions. In the original Icelandic, the novel won the Scandinavian crime writers' Glass Key award. Indriðason's following novel, Silence of the Grave, won the award in the following year also, making him the first author ever to have won the award two years running.

[edit] Film version

A film based on the novel, directed by Baltasar Kormákur, premiered in Iceland on October 20, 2006.

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