Bibliograph

Silence of the grave, Arnaldur Indriðason ; translated from the Icelandic by Bernard Scudder

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Silence of the grave, Arnaldur Indriðason ; translated from the Icelandic by Bernard Scudder

Language

eng

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maps

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Silence of the grave

Oclc number

56602167405703

Responsibility statement

Arnaldur Indriðason ; translated from the Icelandic by Bernard Scudder

Series statement

Inspector Erlendur, book 2

Summary

Inspector Erlendur returns in this gripping Icelandic thriller When a skeleton is discovered half-buried in a construction site outside of ReykjavIk, Inspector Erlendur finds himself knee-deep in both a crime scene and an archeological dig. Bone by bone, the body is unearthed, and the brutalizing history of a family who lived near the building site comes to light along with it. Was the skeleton a man or a woman, a victim or a killer, and is this a simple case of murder or a long-concealed act of justice? As Erlendur tries to crack this cold case, he must also save his drug-addicted daughter from self destruction and somehow glue his hopelessly fractured family back together. Like the chilly Nordic mysteries of Henning Mankell and Karen Fossum, Arnaldur Indridason delivers a stark police procedural full of humanity and pathos, a classic noir from a very cold place

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