Silence Of The Grave - Softcover

Indridason, Arnaldur

3.96

20,105 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0099469545 ISBN 13: 9780099469544

Publisher: Vintage, 2006

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Building work in an expanding Reykjav�k 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.

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Review:

"'Here is a new voice that demands to be listened to'" (Reginald Hill)

"'Slow and complex, the novel builds to a moving conclusion'" (Irish Times)

"'a writer worth seeking out'" (Sunday Telegraph)

From the Publisher:

Downtrodden detective Erlendur and his team must once again investigate Reykjav�k's hidden past to unravel a case of human nastiness. Alive with tension and atmosphere and disturbingly real, this is an outstanding continuation of the Reykjav�k Murder Mysteries

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