I have been
on a number of research trips to Iceland, and on these I take photographs
of locations that I expect will appear in my books. Here are some of
them: I hope they will give you an idea of what the places mentioned
in Where The Shadows Lie actually look like. Click on images to see enlargements.
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| The church and rectory at Hruni. | Inside the church at Hruni. | The waterfall at Gullfoss. A fine place to end a book! | A small house in Reykjavik’s 101 district, similar to where Magnus lives. | |||
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| A typical Reykjavík street. | Glacier in the distance at Gulfoss. | Thingvellir lake where Agnar’s body is found. | Reykjavík Police Headquarters. | |||
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| The Höfdi House. | Reykjavík Harbour with Mount Esja in the background. | This is a recreation of Gaukur’s house at Stöng. It is a few miles from the actual site. | Mount Hekla. Iceland’s most active volcano and the medieval “Mouth of Hell”. | |||
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Hotel Borg in the Austurvöllur Square opposite the Parliament Building.
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