Murder at the Residence

With a sharp tongue and a moral compass all of her own, Stella Blmkvist has a talent for attracting trouble and shes as at home in the corridors of power as in the dark corners of Reykjavks underworld. Its New Year and Iceland is still reeling from the effects of the financial crash when a notorious financier is found beaten to death after a high-profile reception at the Presidents residence. The police are certain they have the killer or do they? Determined to get to the truth, maverick lawyer Stella Blmkvist isnt so sure. A stripper disappears from one of city's seediest nightspots, and nobody but Stella seems interested in finding her. A drug mule cooling his heels in a prison cell refuses to speak to anyone but Stella although shes never heard of him. An old man makes a deathbed confession and request for Stella to find the family he lost long ago. Stella Blmkvist delivers an explosive mix of murder, intrigue and surprise, and is one of Iceland's best-loved crime series.