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Author
Series
Detective Konrad novels volume 1
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
338 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
314 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
One cold autumn night, a woman is found hanging from a beam in her summer cottage. At first sight it appears to be a straightforward case of suicide; the woman, María, had never recovered from the loss of her mother two years earlier and had a history of depression. But when Karen, the friend who found her body, approaches Erlendur and gives him the tape of a séance that María had attended, his curiosity is aroused. Driven by a need to find answers,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
344 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
THE PAST. In wartime Reykjavik, a young woman is found strangled in 'the shadow district,' a rough and dangerous area of the city. An Icelandic detective and a member of the American military police are on the trail of a brutal killer. THE PRESENT. A 90-year-old man is discovered dead on his bed, smothered with his own pillow. Konrad, a former detective now bored with retirement, finds newspaper cuttings reporting the WWII shadow district murder in...
Author
Series
Publisher
Picador/Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
[2009, 2008]
Physical Desc
323 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Following an earthquake, the water level of an Icelandic lake suddenly falls to reveal a skeleton half-buried in its sandy bed. It has clearly been there many years. There is a large hole in the skull. Yet more mysteriously, it is weighted down by a heavy radio transmitter bearing inscriptions in Russian. The police are called in and Erlendur, Elinborg and Sigurdur Oli begin their investigation. It takes them back to the Cold War era, when bright,...
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