US flight halt keeps Lucy Foley from Iceland Noir event

British author Lucy Foley will not appear at Fríkirkjan, a church in Reykjavík, tonight as planned for the Iceland Noir literary festival, mbl.is reports. The festival said US air traffic was halted yesterday because of a failure in communications systems.

In a post on the festival’s Facebook page, Foley apologised for her absence and said it was not due to a lack of willingness to attend.

The 40-year-old author is best known for novels including The Paris Apartment and The Guest List.