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Silence of the Grave
Inspector Erlendur (Related to this series)
- Author
- Arnaldur Indriđason
- Narrator
- George Guidall
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish Date
- 21 February 2014
- Run Time
- 8 hours 20 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Winner of the CWA Gold Dagger Award
Inspector Erlendur returns in this gripping Icelandic thriller. When a skeleton is discovered half-buried in a construction site outside of Reykjavík, Inspector Erlendur finds himself knee-deep in both a crime scene and an archeological dig. Bone by bone, the body is unearthed, and the brutalizing history of a family who lived near the building site comes to light along with it. Was the skeleton a man or a woman, a victim or a killer, and is this a simple case of murder or a long-concealed act of justice? As Erlendur tries to crack this cold case, he must also save his drug-addicted daughter from self destruction and somehow glue his hopelessly fractured family back together.
Like the chilly Nordic mysteries of Henning Mankell and Karen Fossum, Arnaldur Indriđason delivers a stark police procedural full of humanity and pathos, a classic noir from a very cold place.
“[Indriđason applies] his austere style to a crime of such emotional breadth and sociological complexity that it acquires the sweep and consequence of epic storytelling. … Inspector Erlendur is one of the most compassionate detectives to come this way in a long time.”—The New York Times
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Details
- Author
- Arnaldur Indriđason
- Narrator
- George Guidall
- Duration
- 8 hours 20 minutes
- Release Date
- 21 February 2014
- ISBN
- 9781490619781
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Genre
- Crime and mystery: police procedural, Crime and mystery fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction, Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction
Synopsis
Winner of the CWA Gold Dagger Award Inspector Erlendur returns in this gripping Icelandic thriller. When a skeleton is discovered half-buried in a construction site outside of Reykjavík, Inspector Erlendur finds himself knee-deep in both a crime scene and an archeological dig. Bone by bone, the body is unearthed, and the brutalizing history of a family who lived near the building site comes to light along with it. Was the skeleton a man or a woman, a victim or a killer, and is this a simple case of murder or a long-concealed act of justice? As Erlendur tries to crack this cold case, he must also save his drug-addicted daughter from self destruction and somehow glue his hopelessly fractured family back together. Like the chilly Nordic mysteries of Henning Mankell and Karen Fossum, Arnaldur Indriđason delivers a stark police procedural full of humanity and pathos, a classic noir from a very cold place. “[Indriđason applies] his austere style to a crime of such emotional breadth and sociological complexity that it acquires the sweep and consequence of epic storytelling. … Inspector Erlendur is one of the most compassionate detectives to come this way in a long time.”—The New York Times
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