Black Skies

Reykjavik Murders #8

Arnaldur Indridason, Victoria Cribb

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Vintage
01 August 2013

Fiction & Literature; Crime & Mystery; Fiction in translation

Series: Reykjavik Murder Mysteries

A suspected blackmailer is found murdered in this gripping crime story from the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger winner, Arnaldur Indridason

Detective Sigurdur Oli is in trouble.

After a school reunion exposes the chasm between his life and those of his much more successful contemporaries, leaving him bitter and resentful, one of his old friends asks him to pay an unofficial visit to a couple of blackmailers. He readily agrees, only to arrive to find one of the pair lying in a pool of blood. When the victim dies in hospital, Sigurdur Oli is faced with investigating a murder without revealing his own reasons for being present at the murder scene.

Moving from the villas of Reykjavik's banking elite to a sordid basement flat, Black Skies is a superb story of greed, pride and murder from one of Europe's most successful crime writers.

By: Arnaldur Indridason
Translated by: Victoria Cribb
Imprint: Vintage
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 322g
ISBN: 9780099563372
ISBN 10: 0099563371
Series: Reykjavik Murder Mysteries
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 01 August 2013
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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 Detectives Erlendur and Sigurdur Oli, which are consistent bestsellers across Europe. The series has won numerous awards, including the Nordic Glass Key - an award also won by Scandinavian crime authors, Henning Mankell and Jo Nesbo - and the CWA Gold Dagger.

Reviews for Black Skies: Reykjavik Murders #8

Indridason is perhaps the best crime writer alive... Masterful as ever * Sydney Sun Herald * Black Skies is one of, if not the best, of Indridason's books -- Michael Carlson * Crime Time * Satisfying and topical... Brilliant stuff -- Maxine Clark * Eurocrime * An international literary phenomenon - and it's easy to see why. His novels are gripping, authentic, haunting and lyrical * HARLAN COBEN * Essential Scandi-fiction * Sunday Express *

Short-listed for Petrona Award for the Best Scandinavian Crime Novel of the Year 2013
Short-listed for The Petrona Award 2013 (UK)
Shortlisted for Petrona Award for the Best Scandinavian Crime Novel of the Year 2013.