Arctic chill / Arnaldur Indriðason ; translated from the Icelandic by Bernard Scudder and Victoria Cribb.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: Icelandic Publication details: New York : Minotaur Books, 2009.Edition: 1st U.S. edDescription: 344 p. ; 22 cmISBN:- 0312381034 (alk. paper)
- 9780312381035 (alk. paper)
- Vetrarborgin. English
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Adult Book | Main Library | Mystery | Arnaldur Indriðason | IE 7 | Available | 33111005680786 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
In this new extraordinary thriller from Gold Dagger Award winner Arnaldur Indridason, the Reykjavik police are called on an icy January day to a garden where a body has been found: a young, dark-skinned boy is frozen to the ground in a pool of his own blood. Erlendur and his team embark on their investigation and soon unearth tensions simmering beneath the surface of Iceland's outwardly liberal, multicultural society. Meanwhile, the boy's murder forces Erlendur to confront the tragedy in his own past. Soon, facts are emerging from the snow-filled darkness that are more chilling even than the Arctic night.
"A Thomas Dunne book"--T.p. verso.
On an icy January day, the Reykjavik police are called to a block of flats where a body has been found in the garden: a young, dark-skinned boy, frozen to the ground in a pool of his own blood. The discovery of a stab wound in his stomach extinguishes any hope that this was a tragic accident. Erlendur and his team embark on their investigation with little to go on but the news that the boy's Thai half-brother is missing. Is he implicated, or simply afraid for his own life? The investigation soon unearths tensions simmering beneath the surface of Iceland's outwardly liberal, multicultural society. The boy's murder forces Erlendur to confront a tragedy in his own past. Soon, facts are emerging from the snow-filled darkness that are more chilling even than the Arctic night.