Where the Shadows Lie (Fire and Ice)

Olafsson for first introducing me to Iceland. It was after this visit that I became determined to write a book set in the country – an ambition that took me fifteen years to achieve. I should also like to thank Sveinn H. Gudmarsson, Sigrídur Gudmarsdóttir, Superintendent Karl Steinar Valsson of the Reykjavík Metropolitan Police, Ármann Jakobsson of the University of Iceland, Ragga Ólafsdóttir, Dagmar Thorsteinnsdóttir, Gautur Sturluson, Brynjar Arnarsson and Helena Pang for their time and assistance. Richenda Todd, Janet Woffindin, Virginia Manzer, Toby Wyles, Stephanie Walker and Hilma Roest made many helpful comments on the manuscript. I am grateful to my agents, Carole Blake and Oli Munson, and to my publishers, Nicolas Cheetham at Corvus and Pétur Már Ólafsson at Bjartur-Veröld, for all their help. And lastly I would like to thank my wife Barbara for all her patience and support.