Following the huge success of *Silence of the Grave*, another spellbinding thriller from the winner of the CWA Gold Dagger. Detective Erlendur encounters memories of his troubled past in this gripping and award-winning continuation of the Reykjavík Murder Mysteries. At a grand Reykjavík hotel the
Kriminalpolis Erlendur Sveinsson - 04 - Silence of the Grave
✍ Scribed by Arnaldur Indridason
- Publisher
- Vintage Books;Random House
- Year
- 2010;2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 352 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0099469545
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✦ Synopsis
SUMMARY:
Downtrodden Detective Erlendur and his team must once again investigate Reykjavik's hidden past to unravel a case of human nastiness. Construction work in an expanding Reykjavik uncovers a shallow grave. Years before, this part of the city was all open hills, and Erlendur and his team hope this is a typical Icelandic missing person scenario; perhaps someone once lost in the snow, who has lain peacefully buried for decades. But things are never that simple. While Erlendur struggles to hold together the crumbling fragments of his own family, his case unearths many other tales of family pain. The hills have more than one tragic story to tell: tales of failed relationships and heartbreak; of anger, domestic violence and fear; of family loyalty and family shame. Few people are still alive who can tell the story, but even secrets taken to the grave cannot remain hidden forever. Alive with tension and atmosphere, and disturbingly real, this is an outstanding continuation of the Reykjavik Murder Mysteries.
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