Silence of the Grave: A Reyjavik Murder Mystery - Softcover

Arnaldur Indridason

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9781843431855: Silence of the Grave: A Reyjavik Murder Mystery

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1843431858 ISBN 13: 9781843431855

Publisher: Harvill Press, 2005

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Downtrodden detective Erlendur and his team must once again look into Reykjavik’s hidden past to unravel a case of human nastiness. Alive with tension and atmosphere and disturbingly real, this is an outstanding continuation of the Reykjavik Murder Mysteries.

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Silence of the GraveWinner of the CWA Golden Dagger Award
Translated from the Icelandic by Bernard Scudder

Praise for Indridason's previous novel featuring Inspector Erlendur Sveinsson, Jar City

"Classic mystery fiction, both compassionate and thrilling. Indridason is about to become one of the brightest stars in the genre's dark skies."
- John Connolly, author of Dark Hollow

"A great crime novel . . . excellent."
- The Baltimore Sun

"Riveting. Look for Indridason to appear on critics' shortlists for best new author, best mystery novel, and so forth."
- BookPage

"Fans of mystery in general and Henning Mankell and Karin Fossum can only exult."
- Library Journal (starred review)
"No wonder Arnaldur Indridason won so many awards. He's a great storyteller, and American readers will overwhelmingly agree."
- C. J. Box, Anthony Award-winning author of Out of Range

"Reminiscent of Simenon."
- Reginald Hill, author of Dialogues of the Dead

"Gripping. . . . There is a Ross Macdonald element to all this . . . recalls Madeleine Nabb and Donna Leon."
- Booklist

About the Author:

Arnaldur Indridason worked for many years as a journalist and critic before he began writing novels. He has published several thrillers, but it is for his Reykjav�k Murder Mysteries — the series featuring Erlendur and Sigurdur �li — that he is best known outside his native Iceland. He has won the Glass Key for best Nordic crime novel (both for Tainted Blood and for Silence of the Grave) and the Martin Beck Award for best crime novel translated into Swedish (for The Voice). In 2005, Silence of the Grave was awarded the coveted CWA Gold Dagger for best crime novel, an accolade shared with Minette Walters, Reginald Hill, John le Carr� and fellow Nordic crime writer Henning Mankell.
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