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A chilling crime novel from the Queen of Icelandic crime and author
of the highly-acclaimed LAST RITUALS. If I die before I wake . . .
A grisly murder is committed at a health resort situated in a
recently renovated farmhouse, which turns out to be notorious for
being haunted. Attorney Thora Gudmundsdottir is called upon by the
owner of the resort - the prime suspect in the case - to represent
him. Her investigations uncover some very disturbing occurrences at
the farm decades earlier - things that have never before seen the
light of day . . . MY SOUL TO TAKE is a chilling, dark and witty
crime novel, and a welcome return for Thora, the heroine of the
highly-acclaimed LAST RITUALS.
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Arctic Chill (Paperback)
Arnaldur Indridason; Translated by Bernard Scudder, Victoria Cribb
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A dark-skinned young boy is found dead, frozen to the ground in a
pool of his own blood. The boy's Thai half-brother is missing; is
he implicated, or simply afraid for his own life? While fears
increase that the murder could have been racially motivated, the
police receive reports that a suspected paedophile has been spotted
in the area. Detective Erlendur's investigation soon unearths the
tension simmering beneath the surface of Iceland's outwardly
liberal, multi-cultural society while the murder forces Erlendur to
confront the tragedy in his own past.
The first Thora Gudmundsdottir novel from Yrsa Sigurdardottir -
'Queen of Icelandic crime'. 'Yrsa is one of the most exciting new
voices in the crime thriller world.' - Peter James A young man is
found brutally murdered, his eyes gouged out. A student of
Icelandic history in Reykjavik, he came from a wealthy German
family who do not share the police's belief that his drug dealer
murdered him. Attorney Thora Gudmundsdottir is commissioned by his
mother to find out the truth, with the help - and hindrance - of
boorish ex-policeman Matthew Reich. Their investigations into his
research take them deep into a grisly world of torture and
witchcraft both past and present, as they draw ever closer to a
killer gripped by a dangerous obsession...
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Egil's Saga (Paperback, Revised)
Leifur Eiriksson; Edited by Bernard Scudder, Ornulfur Thorsson; Introduction by Svanhildur Oskarsdottir
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Egil's Saga tells the story of the long and brutal life of
tenth-century warrior-poet and farmer Egil Skallagrimsson: a
morally ambiguous character who was at once the composer of
intricately beautiful poetry, and a physical grotesque capable of
staggering brutality. The saga recounts Egil's progression from
youthful savagery to mature wisdom as he struggles to avenge his
father's exile from Norway, defend his honour against the Norwegian
King Erik Bloodaxe, and fight for the English King Athelstan in his
battles against Scotland. Exploring issues as diverse as the
question of loyalty, the power of poetry, and the relationship
between two brothers who love the same woman, Egil's Saga is a
fascinating depiction of a deeply human character.
A man is found murdered in his Reykjavik flat, and the police have
no obvious leads. The man lived alone and had no family, and of his
only two friends, one is serving time for an array of petty crimes
and psychotic violence, and the other hasn't been heard of for
twenty-five years.
Erlendur and his colleague Sigurdur Oli head the investigation
team. They find a computer filled with downloaded pornography, and
in a desk, the photograph of a young girl's grave and the cryptic
note left behind by the killer. Delving into the dead man's past,
they discover that forty years ago he was accused, though not
convicted, of rape. Now Erlendur has to follow his instincts when
his colleagues are losing faith in the investigation. Foraging into
the past, Erlendur discovers that the city of Reykjavik has one or
two secrets of its own, secrets it would rather keep.
Jar City is the first in a new and exciting series of crime novels
from the land of the saga, and was a runaway success in Iceland.
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The Draining Lake (Paperback)
Arnaldur Indridason; Translated by Bernard Scudder
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In the wake of an earthquake, the water level of an Icelandic lake
drops suddenly, revealing the skeleton of a man half-buried in its
sandy bed. It is clear immediately that it has been there for many
years. There is a large hole in the skull. Yet more mysteriously, a
heavy communication device is attached to it, possibly some sort of
radio transmitter, bearing inscriptions in Russian.
The police are called in and Erlendur, Elinborg and Sigurdur Oli
begin their investigation, which gradually leads them back to the
time of the Cold War when bright, left-wing students would be sent
from Iceland to study in the "heavenly State" of Communist East
Germany.
The Draining Lake is another masterfully written Indridason mystery
about passions and shattered dreams, the fate of the missing and
the grief of those left behind.
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Silence of the Grave (Paperback)
Arnaldur Indridason; Translated by Bernard Scudder
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Building 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. Things are never that simple.
Whilst 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... Winner of the CWA Gold Dagger.
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Voices (Paperback)
Arnaldur Indridason; Translated by Bernard Scudder
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The third novel in the award-winning Reykjavik Murder Mysteries.
The Christmas rush is under way in a big Reykjavik hotel when the
police are called to the scene of a murder. The hotel doorman (and
long-time resident of its basement) has been stabbed to death. With
the hotel fully booked, the manager is desperate to keep the murder
under wraps and his reputation intact.
Detectives Erlendur and Sigurdur Oli discover that the dead man had
had a childhood brush with fame and that two old 45s on which he
had sung have become prized collectors' items. Estranged from his
family for decades, why had the man continued to pay secret visits
to his boyhood home?
As Detective Elinborg investigates a separate case of child abuse,
and Erlendur continues to struggle both with his troubled family
relationships and the ghosts of his own youth, their parallel
stories probe deeper into the riddle of this latest Reykjavik
Murder Mystery.
INSPECTOR ERLENDUR RETURNS IN THIS ICY, INTENSE REYKJAVIK THRILLER
On an icy January day, the Reykjavik police are called to a block
of apartments where a body has been found in the garden: a young,
dark-skinned boy is frozen to the ground in a pool of 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.
Master crime writer Arnaldur Indridason's "Arctic Chill" renders a
vivid portrait of Iceland's brutal, little-known culture wars in a
taut, fast-paced police procedural.
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