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Erlendur Sveinsson (Fictitious character) Erlendur Sveinsson (Fictitious character) Fiction Iceland Iceland Reykjavík Murder Investigation Murder Investigation Fiction Murder Investigation Iceland Fiction Reykjavík (Iceland) Fiction World War (1939-1945) World War, 1939-1945 Iceland FictionArnaldur Indridason
Summary: "[B]egins when a young woman disappears from the frozen fjords of Iceland. In her wake, this woman has left a tempest of lies, betrayal and revenge. Decades later, somewhere in the same wilderness, Detective Erlendur is on the hunt. He is looking for the missing woman but also for his long-lost brother, whose disappearance in a snowstorm when they were children has coloured his entire life....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ARNArnaldur Indridason
Summary: "When a [homeless man] he met regularly on the night shift is found drowned in a ditch, no one seems to care. But his fate haunts Erlendur and drags him inexorably into the strange and dark underworld of the city"--amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ARNArnaldur Indriðason
Summary: "Into Oblivion, the follow-up to the gritty prequel Reykjavik Nights, gives devoted fans another glimpse of Erlendur in his early days as a young, budding detective. 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. Miles away, a vast aircraft hangar rises behind the perimeter fence of the US military base. A...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ARNArnaldur Indridason
Summary: "A deeply compassionate story of old crimes and their consequences, The Shadow District is the first in a thrilling new series by internationally bestselling author Arnaldur Indridason. 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books, an imprint of St. Martin's Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: HOT TITLECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: M INDArnaldur Indriðason
Summary: A man is making a crude leather mask with an iron spike fixed in the middle of the forehead. It is a "death mask," once used by Icelandic farmers to slaughter calves, and he has revenge in mind. Meanwhile, a school reunion has left Inspector Erlendur's colleague Sigurdur Óli unhappy with life in the police force. When a favor to a friend goes wrong and a woman dies before his eyes, Óli has a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ARNArnaldur Indriðason
Summary: The loner Erlendur has recently joined the police force as a young officer and immediately sinks into the darkness of Reykjavík's underworld. The beat on the streets in Reykjavik is busy: traffic accidents, theft, domestic violence, contraband, and an unexplained death. When a homeless man he met regularly on the night shift is found drowned in a ditch, no one seems to care. But his fate haunts...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2015