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ARNALDUR INDRIDASON worked for many years as a journalist and critic before he began writing novels. Outside Iceland, he is best known for his crime novels featuring Erlendur and Sigurdur Oli, which are consistent bestsellers in his home country and in Germany. The series has won numerous awards, including the Nordic Glass Key (both for Tainted Blood and Silence of the Grave) and the CWA Gold Dagger (for Silence of the Grave).
A haunting, compassionate work * Observer * Indridason manages to keep the reader guessing about the identity of both killer and victim right to the last * Sunday Express * An absorbing story which confirms Indridason's place among the leading writers of Nordic crime fiction * Sunday Telegraph * Beautifully written and translated, the novel has both a strong sense of place and themes that transcend it; it confirms Indridason as one of those crime writers who rises above genre, combining suspense with moving insights into the human condition * Sunday Times * Indridason pieces together a convincing plot, while exploring universal issues of political idealism and shattered dreams * Daily Mirror * A beautiful, sad, haunting tale of lost love and lost illusion, regret and betrayal * The Times * A very good read which involves the reader deeply in the lives and the events of the story * Crimesquad.com *
