Valhalla Murders

When a man is found brutally murdered by the Reykjavik Harbor, police detective Kata Gunnarsdóttir is unaware that this is only the beginning of Iceland’s biggest murder case. Police profiler Arnar is sent back home from Oslo to his native Iceland to investigate the country’s first serial killer case – something Iceland’s never faced before. He teams up with the local senior cop Kata. Despite the underlying conflict between the two, they must find a way to set their differences aside and work together in order to catch the killer before he strikes again. But the deeper they dig, the clearer it becomes that this horrifying case isn’t just about the present, but about a forgotten crime in the past. As a connection between the victims emerges, linking them to a boy’s home from the past named VALHALLA, the detectives realize that tales of child abuse and a missing boy might play a central role. As we sink deeper into the muddy waters of hidden Iceland, we delve further into the central characters’ troubling pasts. Arnar was physically abused by his religious father after finding out he was gay, forcing him to flee Iceland as a young man and never looking back, while Kata is hiding a secret which causes her great stress and anxiety, making it more and more difficult for her to perform at her duties. Both of them are broken, but by working together, they could not only solve the case, but also help mend each other. This is a story about the sins of our past and how we can never truly escape them.