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1) Voices
Author
Series
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2007, c2006
Language
English
Description
Erlendur and his colleagues have no shortage of suspects, between hotel staff and international travelers, in the stabbing of a hotel Santa Claus in Reykjavik.
Author
Series
Publisher
Picador/Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
[2009, 2008]
Language
English
Description
Inspector Erlendur returns in this international Bestseller Following an earthquake, the water level of an Icelandic lake suddenly falls, revealing a skeleton. Inspector Erlendur's investigation takes him back to the Cold War era, when bright, left-wing students in Iceland were sent to study in the "heavenly state" of Communist East Germany. Teeming with spies and informants, though, their "heavenly state" becomes a nightmare of betrayal and murder....
3) Hypothermia
Author
Series
Publisher
Picador USA
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
In Hypothermia, Inspector Erlendur contends with personal demons while investigating a woman's suicide. Although there are no signs of foul play, Erlendur gradually exposes a sinister plot.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a flat near Reykjavik city centre, a young man lies dead in a pool of blood although there are no signs of a break-in or any struggle. A vial of narcotics found in the victim's pocket among other clues soon lead Erlendur's colleagues down a trail of hidden violence, psychological brutality and of wrongs that will never be fully righted.
5) Black skies
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A man is making a leather mask with an iron spike fixed in the middle of the forehead. Meanwhile, a school reunion has left Inspector Erlendur's colleague Sigurdur Óli unhappy with life in the police force. While Iceland is enjoying an economic boom, Oli's relationship is on the rocks and soon even his position in the department is compromised. When a favor for a friend goes wrong and a woman dies before his eyes, Oli has a murder investigation on...
Author
Series
Inspector Erlendur Novel volume 8
Publisher
Picador USA
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Arnaldur Indridason has been crime writing's best-kept secret ... until now. A man is making a crude leather mask with slits for eyes and mouth, and an iron spike fixed in the middle of the forehead. It is a 'death mask', once used by Icelandic farmers to slaughter calves. He has revenge in mind. Meanwhile, with Detective Erlendur absent, his baseball-loving colleague Sigurdur Oli is in the spotlight. A school reunion has left Sigurdur Oli dissatisfied...
Author
Series
An Inspector Erlendur novel volume 11
Publisher
Picador, Minotaur Books, A Thomas Dunne Book
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"A follow-up to prequel Reykjavik Nights continues the story of young 1970s detective Erlendur as he works for the shadowy Marion Briem and investigates the case of a man who may have been thrown from an airplane and the cold case disappearance of a young girl." --
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Into Oblivion, the follow-up to the gritty prequel Reykjavik Nights, gives devoted fans another glimpse of Erlendur in his early days as a young, budding detective. A woman swims in a remote, milky-blue lagoon. Steam rises from the water and as it clears, a body is revealed in the ghostly light. Miles away, a vast aircraft hangar rises behind the perimeter fence of the U.S. military base. A sickening thud is heard as a man's body falls from a high...