{"product_id":"the-iron-chariot","title":"The Iron Chariot","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTranslated by Lucy Moffatt\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-palette=\"Paragraph\" data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-short-review-input\" data-wf-id='[\"eba08c90-dbbc-e3fc-e5b1-71df19a30d8a\"]' data-w-id=\"eba08c90-dbbc-e3fc-e5b1-71df19a30d8a\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-palette=\"Strong\" data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-short-review-input\" data-wf-id='[\"2d65ef02-dbc0-289e-eb85-58c6e0fa52ea\"]' data-w-id=\"2d65ef02-dbc0-289e-eb85-58c6e0fa52ea\"\u003e‘The founder of the modern Norwegian crime novel’ Jo Nesbo\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-palette=\"Paragraph\" data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-short-review-input\" data-wf-id='[\"88e86396-a26b-e08f-d815-7c87dd85294f\"]' data-w-id=\"88e86396-a26b-e08f-d815-7c87dd85294f\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-palette=\"Strong\" data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-short-review-input\" data-wf-id='[\"4cbe73df-cf5f-7aeb-d987-5a799db853cc\"]' data-w-id=\"4cbe73df-cf5f-7aeb-d987-5a799db853cc\"\u003eA SUNDAY TIMES CRIME CLUB PICK\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-palette=\"Paragraph\" data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-short-review-input\" data-wf-id='[\"88e86396-a26b-e08f-d815-7c87dd85294f\"]' data-w-id=\"88e86396-a26b-e08f-d815-7c87dd85294f\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn a blazing hot summer’s day, holidaymakers at a guesthouse on a Norwegian island are shocked to discover that a fellow guest has been found murdered on a desolate plain. The nameless narrator, an author, was the last person to see the victim alive; shortly afterwards, he is disturbed by a noise like ‘a rattling of chains’. A local tells him this is ‘the iron chariot’, which is said to presage death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDetective Asbjørn Krag is summoned from the capital, Kristiania, and sets about investigating the murder. When a similar death occurs on the plain, it is again preceded by the eerie sound of the iron chariot, which leaves no tracks. Mystery is added to mystery when the victim turns out to be a man believed to have died several years earlier.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawn unwillingly into the investigation, the narrator is puzzled by the enigmatic detective’s apparent inaction, and troubled by unfolding events. These begin to take a toll on his mental wellbeing and he sinks into a state of dread, exacerbated by mysterious happenings at the cabin where he is staying.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo profound is his unease that he feels he must leave the island. Then Krag promises to tell him the solution to the mystery…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-palette=\"Paragraph\" data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-quotes-input\" data-wf-id='[\"02204e51-82a3-828d-46bf-cb6401cc1afb\"]' data-w-id=\"02204e51-82a3-828d-46bf-cb6401cc1afb\"\u003e‘This is a classic Norwegian crime story. It was written over 100 years ago. Riverton is regarded as the founder of the modern Norwegian crime novel and he is a great writer’ \u003cstrong data-palette=\"Strong\" data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-quotes-input\" data-wf-id='[\"b536f561-aadb-e6ac-23d5-56716641f5eb\"]' data-w-id=\"b536f561-aadb-e6ac-23d5-56716641f5eb\"\u003eJo Nesbo\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-palette=\"Paragraph\" data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-quotes-input\" data-wf-id='[\"9a558935-b4a4-9310-a301-a237297df432\"]' data-w-id=\"9a558935-b4a4-9310-a301-a237297df432\"\u003e‘A tale of haunting psychological terror: among the best crime novels ever written’ \u003cstrong data-palette=\"Strong\" data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-quotes-input\" data-wf-id='[\"163d0e54-5ef2-876f-1757-dd9bd935099e\"]' data-w-id=\"163d0e54-5ef2-876f-1757-dd9bd935099e\"\u003eNils Nordberg\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-palette=\"Paragraph\" data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-reviews-input\" data-wf-id='[\"f7d19148-a9eb-0482-39fa-2239744a7039\"]' data-w-id=\"f7d19148-a9eb-0482-39fa-2239744a7039\"\u003e‘Taut with tension and paranoia – a paradise disturbed by the most brutal of acts’ \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBuzz Magazine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-palette=\"Paragraph\" data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-reviews-input\" data-wf-id='[\"45b07296-6dab-b084-0134-1b5a86a70b5c\"]' data-w-id=\"45b07296-6dab-b084-0134-1b5a86a70b5c\"\u003e‘Despite its age, it does not feel dated. Lucy Moffatt’s seamless contemporary translation, true to the original style, renders with clarity the atmospheric, almost gothic, setting’\u003cstrong\u003e Nordic Lighthouse\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6 data-palette=\"Paragraph\" data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-product-description-input\" data-wf-id='[\"701b2c64-4074-69db-456d-bb204f580a86\"]' data-w-id=\"701b2c64-4074-69db-456d-bb204f580a86\"\u003ePaperback: 176pp\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6 data-palette=\"Paragraph\" data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-product-description-input\" data-wf-id='[\"41ce062b-53fe-e17a-5023-ffea8a4bf09f\"]' data-w-id=\"41ce062b-53fe-e17a-5023-ffea8a4bf09f\"\u003ePublished: Lightning (November 2019)\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6 data-palette=\"Paragraph\" data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-product-description-input\" data-wf-id='[\"0c1bcf6e-2e89-66ba-4a5e-55344394a25f\"]' data-w-id=\"0c1bcf6e-2e89-66ba-4a5e-55344394a25f\"\u003eISBN: 9781785631610\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp data-palette=\"Paragraph\" data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-product-description-input\" data-wf-id='[\"0c1bcf6e-2e89-66ba-4a5e-55344394a25f\"]' data-w-id=\"0c1bcf6e-2e89-66ba-4a5e-55344394a25f\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Eye Books Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":20886891331646,"sku":null,"price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1271\/4023\/products\/5d13856affaa33e0d92484b5_IRON_CHARIOT_1_copy-1.jpg?v=1567794156","url":"https:\/\/www.eyebooksgroup.com\/products\/the-iron-chariot","provider":"Eye Books Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}