Voices - Hardcover

Indridason, Arnaldur

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1846550335 ISBN 13: 9781846550331

Publisher: Harvill Secker, 2006

Synopsis

Detective Erlendur encounters memories of his troubled past in this gripping and award-winning continuation of the "Reykjavik Murder Mysteries". At a grand Reykjavik hotel, the doorman has been repeatedly stabbed in the dingy basement room he called home. It is only a few days before Christmas and he was preparing to appear as Santa Claus at a children's party. The manager tries to keep the murder under wraps. A glum detective taking up residence in his hotel and an intrusive murder investigation are not what he needs. As Erlendur quietly surveys the cast of grotesques who populate the hotel, the web of malice, greed and corruption that lies beneath its surface reveals itself. Everyone has something to hide. But most shocking is the childhood secret of the dead man who, many years before, was the most famous child singer in the country: it turns out to be a brush with stardom which would ultimately cost him everything. As Christmas Day approaches Erlendur must delve deeply into the past to find the man's killer. "Voices" is a tense, atmospheric and disturbing novel from one of Europe's greatest crime writers.

About this title

Review:

Picked as a stand out book by Marcel Berlins. -- Marcel Berlins, The Times

'Indridason reaches extraordinary psychological depths.' -- Independent

'if any of these writers deserve success on Mankell's scale, it's probably Indridason.' - Christopher Taylor -- London Review of Books

'if any of these writers deserves success on Mankell's scale, it's probably Indridason. - Christopher Taylor -- London Review of Books

'if you like your thrillers slow but masterfully written then this one is for you.' - Vincent Banville -- Irish Times

From the Publisher:

Following the huge success of Silence of the Grave, another spellbinding thriller from the winner of the CWA Gold Dagger.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harvill Secker
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1846550335
• ISBN 13: 9781846550331
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320