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The Flatey Enigma (Victor Ingolfsson) finished

spoiler alert ** An odd little mystery that serves as an excuse to introduce readers to even odder bits of Icelandic lore. It took me a while to get in the spirit of the book, but I'm glad I stuck with it. A real spoiler is coming. 
The idea of a "murderer" living on this tiny Icelandic island where everyone knows everyone else seemed impossible. I was curious how Ingolfsson would pull it off. Ingenious. The victim was murdered by being left to starve on a deserted island in the winter. Who left him? Our victim cajoled an old fisherman to take him to the island. He didn't know the fisherman suffered from dementia. Our fisherman dropped him off, waited a while, forgot all about the victim, and sailed back home, sealing the visitor's fate. Very clever and satisfying.

 The Flatey book does exist and was returned by the Danes to Iceland.

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