Tainted Blood - Softcover

Indridason, Arnaldur

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0099461633 ISBN 13: 9780099461630

Publisher: Vintage, 2005

Synopsis

A man is found murdered in his Reykjav-k flat. There are no obvious clues apart from a cryptic note left on the body and a photograph of a young girl's grave. Detective Erlendur is forced to use all the forensic resources available to find any leads at all. Delving into the dead man's life he discovers that forty years ago he was accused of an appalling crime. Did his past come back to haunt him? Finally, Erlendur's search leads him to Iceland's Genetic Research Centre in order to find the disturbing answers to the mystery. This prizewinning international bestseller is the first in a new series of crime novels set in Iceland.

About this title

Review:

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

About the Author:

Arnaldur Indri-ason was born in 1961, the son of an Icelandic author. Having worked for many years as a journalist and reviewer for an Icelandic newspaper, he began writing novels. He won the Nordic Crime Novel Award for Tainted Blood (originally published in the UK under the title Jar City) and, in the following year, for its sequel, Silence of the Grave. Tainted Blood is his first novel to be translated into English.

About this edition

• Publisher: Vintage
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0099461633
• ISBN 13: 9780099461630
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 274