Out of Thin Air
On sale
24th January 2019
Price: £12.99
Genre
THE SENSATIONAL TRUE CRIME STORY THAT SHOOK ICELAND – AS SEEN ON NETFLIX.
It is the most shocking miscarriage of justice in European history. And now – in the most stunning true crime narrative you will read this year – OUT OF THIN AIR spotlights Iceland’s strangest ever murder case.
Iceland, 1974. In two separate incidents, two men vanished into thin air. Then, out of it, came 6 murder confessions and 6 convictions. Yet, in the decades that followed, these too would dissolve…
Fuelled by a personal obsession with the case, Ant Adeane traces its bizarre developments across five decades: exposing the mistakes that were made, the lives that were ruined, the confessions that were coerced, the questions that remain unanswered, and the injustices that remain unaddressed.
And it all began in January 1974, when a young man went to a nightclub . . .
‘Reads like a great thriller. Incredibly interesting’ Ragnar Jonasson
‘Extraordinary . . . utterly compelling’ Sunday Times
‘Riveting’ Metro
‘What a fabulous read . . . fascinating’ Jo Spain
It is the most shocking miscarriage of justice in European history. And now – in the most stunning true crime narrative you will read this year – OUT OF THIN AIR spotlights Iceland’s strangest ever murder case.
Iceland, 1974. In two separate incidents, two men vanished into thin air. Then, out of it, came 6 murder confessions and 6 convictions. Yet, in the decades that followed, these too would dissolve…
Fuelled by a personal obsession with the case, Ant Adeane traces its bizarre developments across five decades: exposing the mistakes that were made, the lives that were ruined, the confessions that were coerced, the questions that remain unanswered, and the injustices that remain unaddressed.
And it all began in January 1974, when a young man went to a nightclub . . .
‘Reads like a great thriller. Incredibly interesting’ Ragnar Jonasson
‘Extraordinary . . . utterly compelling’ Sunday Times
‘Riveting’ Metro
‘What a fabulous read . . . fascinating’ Jo Spain
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Reviews
Reads like a great thriller. Incredibly interesting, even for someone from Iceland, where this mystery has been a part of the nation for decades
Extraordinary . . . What the case says about the reliability of memory and the uncanny power of stories over our minds . . . for anyone who believes in justice, is the most disturbing part of a deeply disturbing and utterly compelling story.
Riveting, cleverly structured . . . gripping.
What a fabulous read. As well as being a fascinating exploration of an appalling miscarriage of justice, it also offered an intriguing glimpse into Icelandic history and modern society. I haven't enjoyed visiting Iceland this much since I watched Trapped!
Fascinating . . . bristles with a sense of underlying menace and darkness, which makes for compelling reading. The brutal desolation of Icelandic landscape and the exploration of local myths, beliefs and cultural history form a wonderfully rich backdrop to the multifaceted central mystery.