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Black Skies

Reykjavik Murder Mysteries (Book 8)

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What to expect

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 Reykjavík'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.

Critics Review

Essential Scandi-fiction
Sunday Express
An international literary phenomenon - and it's easy to see why. His novels are gripping, authentic, haunting and lyrical
HARLAN COBEN
Satisfying and topical... Brilliant stuff
Eurocrime
Black Skies is one of, if not the best, of Indridason's books
Crime Time
Indridason is perhaps the best crime writer alive... Masterful as ever
Sydney Sun Herald
Sigurdur Oli is a troubled cop. He’s a bit spiky. He loves American football and baseball. When it comes to music, he likes rock. He’s very male. He recently split up with his fiancée. He doesn’t have a great relationship with is mum, but he’s dogged. You might not like him in person but he’s great to read about
Evening Standard
Author Arnaldur Indridason
Narrator Saul Reichlin
Series Reykjavik Murder Mysteries
Duration 9 hours and 45 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781448191130
Format Audiobook
Publisher Random House
Genre Crime and mystery fiction, Fiction in translation
Availability AU, GB, IE

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