Erlendur Sveinsson mysteries
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Author
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Erlendur Sveinsson mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
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Voices , Erlendur Sveinsson mysteries volume 3
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Author
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English
Description
Following an earthquake, the water level of an Icelandic lake suddenly falls, revealing a skeleton. Inspector Erlendur's investigation takes him back to the cold war era, when bright, left-wing students in Iceland were sent to study in the "heavenly state" of Communist East Germany. Teeming with spies and informants, though, their "heavenly state" becomes a nightmare of betrayal and murder. Brilliantly weaving international espionage and a chilling...
5) Arctic chill
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Erlendur Sveinsson mysteries volume 5
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
6) Hypothermia
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Series
Erlendur Sveinsson mysteries volume 6
Publisher
Minotaur/Thomas Dunne
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
7) Outrage
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Erlendur Sveinsson mysteries volume 7
Language
English
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In a flat near Reykjavik city center, a young man lies dead in a pool of blood although there are no signs of a break-in or any struggle. A purple shawl, found under the bed, gives off a strong and unusual aroma. A vial of narcotics found in the victim's pocket among other clues soon lead Erlendur's colleagues down a trail of hidden violence, psychological brutality and of wrongs that will never be fully righted.
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Black skies , Erlendur Sveinsson mysteries volume 8
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Author
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Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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"A young woman disappears from the frozen fjords of Iceland. In her wake, this woman has left a tempest of lies, betrayal and revenge. Decades later, somewhere in the same wilderness, Detective Erlendur is on the hunt. He is looking for the missing woman but also for his long-lost brother, whose disappearance in a snowstorm when they were children has coloured his entire life. Slowly, the past begins to surrender its secrets. But as Erlendur uncovers...
10) Reykjavik nights
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Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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"When a [homeless man] he met regularly on the night shift is found drowned in a ditch, no one seems to care. But his fate haunts Erlendur and drags him inexorably into the strange and dark underworld of the city"--Amazon.com.
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"Into Oblivion, the follow-up to the gritty prequel Reykjavik Nights, gives devoted fans another glimpse of Erlendur in his early days as a young, budding detective. A woman swims in a remote, milky-blue lagoon. Steam rises from the water and as it clears, a body is revealed in the ghostly light. Miles away, a vast aircraft hangar rises behind the perimeter fence of the US military base. A sickening thud is heard as a man's body falls from a high...