Season of the Witch

Newspaper reporter Einar has given up his old stomping ground of chronicling the crime beat in Reykjavik, and moved to the small town of Akureyri, where he’s expected to boost the circulation of the Evening Press. But on his way to a theater rehearsal, Einar finds himself covering a hotter piece of news: a local woman has fallen to her death in an obscure river accident during a company team-building adventure. This is the first – but not the last – death to occur in a sinister course of events that unfold. Arni Thorarinsson intertwines historical heritage with his sensitive perceptions of Icelandic society, weaving an intricate narrative in which each riddle triggers the next.