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The Girl by the Bridge

* OVER 20 MILLION BOOKS SOLD WORLDWIDE* 
 
*SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 PETRONA AWARD FOR THE BEST SCANDI CRIME* 
 
One girl missing. Another found dead. Only one detective can solve this case. 
 
'One of the greats of modern crime fiction' Sunday Times 
 
When a young woman known for drug smuggling goes missing, her elderly grandparents have no choice but to call the retired Detective Konrád. 
 
Still looking for his own father's murderer, Konrád agrees to investigate the case. 
 
But digging into the past reveals more than he set out to discover, and a strange connection to a little girl who drowned in the Reykjavík city pond decades ago recaptures everyone's attention. 
 
A brilliant, chilling tale of broken dreams and children who have nowhere to turn. 
 
'The undisputed king of the Icelandic thriller' Guardian 
 
'An international literary phenomenon - and it's easy to see why. His novels are gripping, authentic, haunting, and lyrical' Harlan Coben

The second novel in Arnaldur Indridason's intriguing new series, The Girl by the Bridge...is as darkly brilliant as anything he has written

Short, crisply written chapters move the action briskly along while keeping all the seemingly disparate pieces of the puzzle in the mix. Veteran Indridason weaves all these eerie elements together masterfully. Superb crime fiction from an acclaimed virtuoso.

Arnaldur Indridason (Author) Arnaldur Indridason worked for many years as a journalist and critic before he began writing novels. His books have since sold over 20 million copies worldwide. Outside Iceland, he is best known for his crime novels featuring Erlendur and Sigurdur Óli, which are consistent bestsellers across Europe. The series has won numerous awards, including the Nordic Glass Key and the CWA Gold Dagger. 
 
The Shadow District – the first book in the Reykjavík Wartime Mystery series – won the Premio RBA de Novela Negra, the world’s most lucrative crime fiction prize. Philip Roughton (Translator) Philip Roughton was born in the US and now lives in Iceland. He is an award-winning translator of modern Icelandic literature, having translated works by numerous Icelandic writers, including the Nobel prize-winning author Halldór Laxness.

Over 18 million copies sold worldwide. The bestselling Icelandic author of all time. 
 
'One of the greats of modern crime fiction' Sunday Times 
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When a young woman known for drug smuggling goes missing, her elderly grandparents have no choice but to call the retired Detective Konrád. 
 
Still looking for his own father's murderer, Konrád agrees to investigate the case. 
 
But digging into the past reveals more than he set out to discover, and a strange connection to a little girl who drowned in the Reykjavík city pond decades ago recaptures everyone's attention. 
 
A brilliant, chilling tale of broken dreams and children who have nowhere to turn. 
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'The undisputed king of the Icelandic thriller' Guardian 
 
'An international literary phenomenon - and it's easy to see why. His novels are gripping, authentic, haunting and lyrical' Harlan Coben

The Darkness Knows

*OVER 20 MILLION BOOKS SOLD WORLDWIDE* 
 
'The undisputed King of the Icelandic Thriller' Guardian 
'One of the greats of modern crime fiction' Sunday Times 
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A frozen body is discovered in the icy depths of Langjökull glacier. 
 
The victim: a businessman missing for thirty years. 
 
The case: impossible to solve. Until now. 
 
Konrád, the retired policeman who originally investigated the disappearance, is called back to reopen the case that has weighed on his mind for decades. 
 
Then a woman approaches him with new information that she obtained from her deceased brother. 
 
Will this be enough to solve the mystery at last? 
 
Can Konrád uncover the poisonous secrets and cruel truths that have built up over the decades? 
 
In The Darkness Knows, the master of Icelandic crime writing returns with a powerful and haunting story about the poisonous secrets and cruel truths that time eventually uncovers.

One of the greats of modern crime fiction.

The undisputed King of the Icelandic Thriller.

An international literary phenomenon - and it's easy to see why. His novels are gripping, authentic, haunting and lyrical.

A tragic tale of football, fathers and fear'

Arnaldur Indridason worked for many years as a journalist and critic before he began writing novels. His books have since sold over 20 million copies worldwide. Outside Iceland, he is best known for his crime novels featuring Erlendur and Sigurdur Óli, which are consistent bestsellers across Europe. The series has won numerous awards, including the Nordic Glass Key and the CWA Gold Dagger. 
 
The Shadow District – the first book in the Reykjavík Wartime Mystery series – won the Premio RBA de Novela Negra, the world’s most lucrative crime fiction prize.

The Shadow Killer

The second thrilling novel in Indridason's brilliant new series, set in wartime Reykjavík.

The undisputed king of the Icelandic thriller.

Indridason remains the king of the ice-castle.

The crime: Reykjavík, August 1941. When a travelling salesman is found murdered in a basement flat, the police initially suspect a member of the Allied occupation force. 
 
The suspect: Flóvent, Reykjavík’s sole detective, is joined by the young military policeman Thorson. Their investigation focuses on a family of German residents, the retired doctor Rudolf Lunden and his estranged son Felix, who is on the run, suspected of being a spy. 
 
The ex-lover: Flóvent and Thorson race to solve the case before US Counterintelligence can take it out of their hands. As evidence emerges of dubious experiments carried out on Icelandic schoolboys in the 1930s, Thorson becomes increasingly suspicious of the role played by the murdered man’s former girlfriend, Vera, and her British soldier lover. 
 
'The undisputed King of the Icelandic Thriller.' - Guardian 
 
'An international literary phenomenon - and it's easy to see why. His novels are gripping, authentic, haunting and lyrical.' - Harlan Coben

The Shadow District

A thrilling crime novel about old crimes and new consequences, this is the first in a new series by the worldwide bestseller Arnaldur Indridason

This atmospheric tale covering 7 years is beautifully told

Indridason is a skillful plotter with a firm grasp of how to tell a story to keep the reader guessing… I will certainly look out the next in the series

LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA INTERNATIONAL DAGGER 2018 
 
The first instalment in the thrilling new crime series from worldwide bestseller Arnaldur Indridason 
 
THE PAST 
 
In wartime Reykjavík, a young woman is found strangled in a dangerous area known as ‘the shadow district’. An Icelandic detective and a member of the American military police are on the trail of a brutal killer. 
 
THE PRESENT 
 
An elderly man is discovered dead on his bed, smothered with his own pillow. Konrád, a retired detective, finds old newspaper cuttings in the man’s home reporting the shadow district murder. It’s a crime Konrád remembers, having grown up in the same neighbourhood. 
 
 A MISSING LINK 
 
 Why, after all this time, would an old crime resurface? How are these events connected across the decades? And will Konrád’s link to the past help him solve the case and finally lay the ghosts of wartime Reykjavík to rest? 
 
 ‘Arnaldur Indridason introduces a new hero… Beautifully told’ 
 The Times 
 
‘An international literary phenomenon’ 
 Harlan Coben

Oblivion

One of the most popular figures in international crime fiction returns: Detective Erlendur is back

One of the greats of modern crime fiction

One of the most accomplished series of detective novels in modern crime fiction

An international literary phenomenon - and it's easy to see why. His novels are gripping, authentic, haunting and lyrical

A solid, atmospheric murder mystery.

THE QUICK 
 
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. 
 
THE DEAD 
 
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 platform. 
 
THE FORGOTTEN 
 
Many years before, a schoolgirl went missing. The world has forgotten her. But Erlendur has not. 
 
THE SEARCHER 
 
Erlendur Sveinsson is a newly promoted detective with a battered body, a rogue CIA operative and America’s troublesome presence in Iceland to contend with. In his spare time he investigates a cold case. He is only starting out but he is already up to his neck. 
 
'His novels are gripping, authentic, haunting and lyrical' – Harlan Coben

Reykjavik Nights

The loner Erlendur has recently joined the police force as a young officer and is immediately drawn into the blackness of Reykjavik's underworld.

The slow-burn solving of the mystery is intriguing enough, but fans will find the portrait of his young protagonist…far more fascinating… A real pleasure

THE LIVING 
 
Erlendur has recently joined the police force as a young officer and immediately sinks into the darkness of Reykjavik's underworld. Working nights, he discovers the city is full of car crashes, robberies, drinkers and fighters. And sometimes an unexplained death. 
 
THE LOST 
 
A homeless man Erlendur knows is found drowned. But few people care. Or when a young woman on her way home from a club vanishes. Both cases go cold. 
 
THE SEARCHER 
 
Two lost people from two different worlds. Erlendur is not an investigator, but his instincts tell him their fates are worth pursuing. How could they be linked? 
 
IN THE HEART OF THE NIGHT 
 
Inexorably, he is drawn into the blackness of the city’s underbelly, where everyone is in the dark or on the run. 
 
'One of the most accomplished series of detective novels in modern crime fiction' - Sunday Times 
 
'An international literary phenomenon - and it's easy to see why. His novels are gripping, authentic, haunting and lyrical' - Harlan Coben

Strange Shores

A missing woman. A missing boy. Detective Erlendur returns – for the last time

The king of Icelandic crime fiction is not resting on his laurels, as the valedictory Strange Shores proves... An elegiac but compelling last bow

Be warned: if you've ever spent time with this marvellous Scandi crime character, you'll be hard pressed to hold back a tear

One of the most brilliant crime writers of his generation

As ever, Indridason’s writing combines a keen sense of place with an astringent investigation of the human psyche

A fascinating story and the resolution of Mattildur's disappearance feels authentic and believable. Readers who like retribution in their crime novels may find Erlunder's balanced, free-from-judgemental approach difficult to comprehend, but to me this was one of the most appealing aspects of the novel… I couldn't think of a more perfect way to say goodbye to one of my favourite fictional characters

Arnaldur Indridason is one of the greats of modern crime fiction… Tragic and compelling

Black Skies is one of, if not the best, of Indridason's books

Indridason is perhaps the best crime writer alive... Masterful as ever

The novel is gripping.  Erlendur is arguably Nordic fiction’s unhappiest and loneliest but most intriguing detective… It’s a sad disturbing book, chilling both in its setting and in the depths of human angst is explores

Be warned: if you’ve ever spent time with this marvelous Scandi crime character, you’ll be hard pressed to hold back a tear

This final chapter in the Erlendur series stalks the human heart unremittingly

A missing woman. A missing boy. Detective Erlendur returns - for the last time 
 
A young woman walks into the frozen fjords of Iceland, never to be seen again. But Matthildur leaves in her wake rumours of lies, betrayal and revenge. 
 
Decades later, somewhere in the same wilderness, Detective Erlendur is on the hunt. He is looking for Matthildur but also for a long-lost brother, whose disappearance in a snow-storm when they were children has coloured his entire life. He is looking for answers. 
 
Slowly, the past begins to surrender its secrets. But as Erlendur uncovers a story about the limits of human endurance, he realises that many people would prefer their crimes to stay buried.

Black Skies

A suspected blackmailer is found murdered in this gripping crime story from the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger winner, Arnaldur Indridason

Satisfying and topical... Brilliant stuff

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

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.

Outrage

On a cold night in Reykjavik a man lies dead, his throat cut, a bottle of Rohypnol nearby... Author Arnaldur Indridason has been crime writing's best-kept secret - until now.

Arnaldur Indridason's new novel, Outrage, is further evidence that he's one of the most brilliant crime writers of his generation

Such stately, well-mannered entertainment is not to be sniffed at

That rugged Icelandic glacier, Detective Erlendur, is away from Reykjavik and a disturbing case is handled by his female sidekick, Elinborg. The female perspective crates a different kind of novel from those built around Arnaldur Indridason's withdrawn and isolated loner. Here we have a detective worrying about her family while handling with sensitivity the victims of a serial rapist

Indridason is one of the best of the new European authors coming into English, right up there with Henning Mankell and Karen Fossum

Inspector Erlendur is one of the most compassionate detectives to come this way in a long time

Indridason has definitely vaulted onto the A-list of Scandinavian crime authors.

This series places Indridason at the centre of the best of contemporary crime fiction. He is a master storyteller, and has a real gift for evoking the complex humanity at the heart of the most dour-seeming individuals.

Reykjavik, Saturday night 
 
He offered her another margarita, and, as he returned from the bar, he carefully slid the pill into her glass. They were getting along fine, and he was sure she would give him no trouble... 
 
48 hours later 
 
A young man is found dead in a pool of blood. There is no sign of a break-in at his flat. The victim is found wearing a woman's t-shirt, while a bottle of Rohypnol lies on the table nearby. 
 
Detective Elinborg, already struggling to juggle family life and the relentless demands of her job, is assigned the case. But with no immediate leads to the killer, can she piece together details of the victim's secret life and solve a brutal murder?

Operation Napoleon

A compelling international thriller sweeping from modern Iceland to America and Nazi Germany at the end of World War II.

Rather than using excessive language and unnecessary description, Indriðason chooses a minimal style, which drip-feeds the details and keeps the reader guessing... Operation Napoleon is an intriguing novel, bleak and harsh in its description of cold, military narratives

There are hints of some of Indridason's trademark motifs-emotionally distant parents, brotherhood, the harsh Icelandic wilderness-but it's clear that he is using Operation Napoleon to address what seems to be a deeply controversial factor in Icelandic life: the US military presence at Keflavik

1945: a lost German bomber crashes on the Vatnajökull glacier in Iceland. 
 
Inexplicably, in the midst of World War Two, there are both German and American officers on board. One of the senior German officers sets off, a briefcase handcuffed to his wrist, never to be seen again. 
 
1999, the US Army is secretively trying to remove an aeroplane from the Vatnajökull glacier. 
 
Two young Icelanders become involved but end up paying with their lives. Before they are captured, one of the two contacts his sister, Kristin. Her quest to discover his fate takes her on a long and hazardous journey in search of the key to the riddle about Operation Napoleon. 
 
WINNER OF THE CRIME WRITERS' ASSOCIATION GOLD DAGGER.

Hypothermia

When a woman is found dead shortly after attending a seance, Detective Erlendur, already haunted by an unsolved mystery from thirty years ago, begins his investigations.

one of the most haunting crime novels you can expect to read: unsentimental, yet informed throughout by Indridason’s extraordinary empathy with human suffering

An intelligent, gripping and moody tale with superior characterisation

The narrative grips, the writing, excellently translated by Cribb, is resonant and lyrical, and the atmosphere is chillingly creepy

Hypothermia is one of the most haunting crime novels I've read in a long time, unsentimental yet informed by the author's extraordinary empathy with human suffering

An insightful human story, beautifully written and translated

Descriptions of Iceland's stunning crystalline landscape are lyrical and the overall storyline thoughtful and original

Indridason has a remarkable understanding of grief and its persistence... Indridason combines psychological acuteness with great stylistic economy and a pleasing pace

A personal odyssey, suffused with a melancholy that, like the icy chill, seeps into the bones

This Icelandic novelist keeps on getting better

Our love affair with Scandinavian crime continues with the latest instalment of Indridason's award-winning Icelandic murder mystery series

Arnaldur Indridason has built an international reputation with this series, and rightly so. Hypothermia is perhaps his best book yet, gracefully depicting the lengths to which people are driven by the need for answers. An outstanding novel

The Icelandic master of crime Arnaldur Indridason is not yet as well known in this country as Sweden's Henning Mankell, but on this showing, it is only a matter of time...a wonderfully atmospheric tale

This is a humane, unsentimental study of grief and guilt, which is both moving and unsettling. It's also a softly gripping narrative, without ever resorting to fight scenes, car chases or torture

One cold autumn night, a woman is found hanging from a beam at her holiday cottage. At first sight, it appears like a straightforward case of suicide; María had never recovered from the death of her mother two years previously and she had a history of depression. But then the friend who found her body approaches Detective Erlendur with a tape of a séance that María attended before her death and his curiosity is aroused. 
 
Driven by a need to find answers, Erlendur begins an unofficial investigation into María's death. But he is also haunted by another unsolved mystery - the disappearance of two young people thirty years ago - and by his own quest to find the body of his brother, who died in a blizzard when he was a boy. Hypothermia is Indridason's most compelling novel yet.

Silence of the Grave

Detective Erlendur and his team investigate Reykjavík's hidden past to unravel a case of human nastiness. Tense, atmospheric and disturbingly real, this is an outstanding continuation of the Reykjavík Murder Mysteries.

Here is a new voice that demands to be listened to

Building work in an expanding Reykjavík uncovers a shallow grave. 
 
Years before, this part of the city was all open hills, and Erlendur and his team hope this is a typical Icelandic missing person scenario; perhaps someone once lost in the snow, who has lain peacefully buried for decades. Things are never that simple. 
 
Whilst Erlendur struggles to hold together the crumbling fragments of his own family, his case unearths many other tales of family pain. The hills have more than one tragic story to tell: tales of failed relationships and heartbreak; of anger, domestic violence and fear; of family loyalty and family shame. Few people are still alive who can tell the story, but even secrets taken to the grave cannot remain hidden forever... 
 
Winner of the CWA Gold Dagger.

Voices

A tense, atmospheric and disturbing novel from one of Europe's greatest crime writers.

Gripping, authentic, haunting... The best new series I've read this year comes from Iceland. Arnaldur Indridason is already a literary phenomenon - and it's easy to see why ... I can't wait for the next

Once again Indridason demonstrates that the best Scandinavian crime writers can hold their own against their British and American rivals

Morosely, intelligently, Erlendur unravels the mystery. With Voices, Indridason proves that his Gold Dagger victory for Silence of the Grave last year was no fluke

A REYKJAVIK MURDER MYSTERY. 
 
It is a few days before Christmas and a Reykjavik doorman and occasional Santa Claus, Gudlauger, has been found stabbed to death in his hotel room in a sexually compromising position. It soon becomes apparent that both staff and guests have something to hide, but it is the dead man who has the most shocking secret. 
 
Detective Erlendur soon discovers that the placidly affluent appearance of the hotel covers a multitude of sins. 
 
Winner of the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger.

Arctic Chill

A pacy, tragic and thrilling murder mystery set in Reykjavik, by the Gold Dagger Award-winning Arnaldur Indridason.

What is it with those Scandinavians? For many years they have been producing crime novels of the most chilling and engrossing nature. However, one man stands out for his sense of highly believable drama, suspense and an almost effortlessly simple, yet captivating delivery. He is Arnaldur Indridason... one of the brightest sparks on the international crime writing circuit ****

An utterly absorbing detective story. In Erlendur - morose, grouchy, but hugely likeable all the same - Indridason has created a character in the Morse/Rebus mould who could stand comparison with either

Trenchantly written...stripped-down, sinewy prose

Indridason is as interested in exploring the personalities and the relationships between them as he is in unravelling the mystery...a rounded, suprerior example of the genre

Its humanity and insight make it truly memorable

A dark-skinned young boy is found dead, frozen to the ground in a pool of his own blood. The boy's Thai half-brother is missing; is he implicated, or simply afraid for his own life? While fears increase that the murder could have been racially motivated, the police receive reports that a suspected paedophile has been spotted in the area. 
 
Detective Erlendur's investigation soon unearths the tension simmering beneath the surface of Iceland's outwardly liberal, multi-cultural society while the murder forces Erlendur to confront the tragedy in his own past.

The Draining Lake

A brilliant new mystery from the winner of the CWA Gold Dagger - haunting, gripping and provoking.

Indridason manages to keep the reader guessing about the identity of both killer and victim right to the last

An absorbing story which confirms Indridason's place among the leading writers of Nordic crime fiction

Beautifully written and translated, the novel has both a strong sense of place and themes that transcend it; it confirms Indridason as one of those crime writers who rises above genre, combining suspense with moving insights into the human condition

Indridason pieces together a convincing plot, while exploring universal issues of political idealism and shattered dreams

A beautiful, sad, haunting tale of lost love and lost illusion, regret and betrayal

A very good read which involves the reader deeply in the lives and the events of the story

A REYKJAVIK MURDER MYSTERY. 
 
A skeleton is found half-buried in a dried out lake. The bones have been weighed down with an old radio transmitter: is this a clue to the victim, and the killer's identity? 
 
Detective Erlendur is called in to investigate and discovers that there may be a connection with a group of students who were sent to study in East Germany during the Cold War, and with a young man who walked out of his family home one day, never to return. 
 
As the mystery deepens, Erlendur and his team must unravel a story of international espionage, murder and betrayal.

The thrilling first installation of the Reykjavic Murder Mystery Series

Jar City

'A fascinating window on an unfamiliar world as well as an original and puzzling mystery' - Val McDermid

The dead don’t talk - unless you know how to listen. 
 
In Reykjavík, an old man is found murdered with a cryptic note left on his body. Detective Erlendur begins unravelling a decades-old case that never closed. As he follows a fascinating trail of strange forensic evidence, Erlendur uncovers secrets that are much larger than the murder of one man - dark secrets that have been carefully guarded for many, many years... 
 
‘A chilling Icelandic saga of the DNA age’ Independent 
‘A fascinating window on an unfamiliar world as well as an original and puzzling mystery’ Val McDermid

Highly recommended...thoroughly gripping...impressively moving

A chilling Icelandic saga of the DNA age. This careful, sparsely-written book operates at a deeper level than most crime fiction

Arnaldur Indridason

Philip Roughton

Indridason writes crime novels that are as chilling as the landscape where they're set

From the very first page it’s clear we are in the hands of a master… The Quiet Mother is a gripping tale about the coincidences that rule our lives and how they both create life and destroy it

The Quiet Mother is vintage Indridason… [and] solid proof that the crown [of Scandinavian crime writers] rests securely on King Arnaldur’s head

'Arnaldur Indridason is a literary phenomenon - and it's easy to see why' HARLAN COBEN 
 
'Indridason writes crime novels that are as chilling as the landscape where they're set' ANN CLEEVES 
 
'The undisputed King of the Icelandic Thriller' Guardian 
 
A lifetime of secrets. A murder that will expose the truth. 
 
A woman is found murdered in her Reykjavík home, her apartment ransacked. On her desk lies a note with retired detective Konrad’s phone number. Days earlier, she had begged him to find the child she gave up nearly fifty years ago. But Konrad, reluctant to reopen old wounds, turned her away. Now, haunted by guilt, he vows to uncover the truth – for her and for himself. 
As Konrad digs into the woman’s past, he is drawn into a web of secrets, lies and betrayal. Each revelation points to a hidden life that connects her death to a decades-old murder – and to shadows from Konrad’s own family history. 
 
The Quiet Mother is a masterful blend of human tragedy and relentless suspense, where every discovery comes at a cost. Arnaldur Indridason once again proves why he is the voice of Nordic Noir, delivering a harrowing tale of guilt and redemption. 
 
'One of the greats of modern crime fiction' Sunday Times'Arnaldur Indridason is indeed an expert storyteller... The Quiet Mother is yet another feather in the author’s cap … a work of genius' Steinthor Gudbjartsson, Iceland Monitor Daily 
 
*OVER 20 MILLION BOOKS SOLD WORLDWIDE*

Arnaldur Indridason

Praise for The Quiet Mother

Indridason writes crime novels that are as chilling as the landscape where they're set

From the very first page it’s clear we are in the hands of a master… The Quiet Mother is a gripping tale about the coincidences that rule our lives and how they both create life and destroy it

The Quiet Mother is vintage Indridason… [and] solid proof that the crown [of Scandinavian crime writers] rests securely on King Arnaldur’s head

Indridason writes crime novels that are as chilling as the landscape where they're set

From the very first page it’s clear we are in the hands of a master… The Quiet Mother is a gripping tale about the coincidences that rule our lives and how they both create life and destroy it

The Quiet Mother is vintage Indridason… [and] solid proof that the crown [of Scandinavian crime writers] rests securely on King Arnaldur’s head

Indridason writes crime novels that are as chilling as the landscape where they're set

From the very first page it’s clear we are in the hands of a master… The Quiet Mother is a gripping tale about the coincidences that rule our lives and how they both create life and destroy it

The Quiet Mother is vintage Indridason… [and] solid proof that the crown [of Scandinavian crime writers] rests securely on King Arnaldur’s head

Books by Arnaldur Indridason

Series by Arnaldur Indridason

Detective Konrad3 Books

Reykjavik Murder Mysteries11 Books

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