Voices Paperback by Arnaldur Indriðason Translated by Bernard Scudder

Product Details

• Publisher: Vintage Books (2010-01-11)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 368 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780099546627
• Item Weight: 260.82 grams
• Dimensions: 7.75 x 5.1 x 0.9 cm

The third novel in the award-winning Reykjavik Murder Mysteries.

The Christmas rush is under way in a big Reykjavik hotel when the police are called to the scene of a murder. The hotel doorman (and long-time resident of its basement) has been stabbed to death. With the hotel fully booked, the manager is desperate to keep the murder under wraps and his reputation intact.

Detectives Erlendur and Sigurdur Oli discover that the dead man had had a childhood brush with fame and that two old 45s on which he had sung have become prized collectors’ items. Estranged from his family for decades, why had the man continued to pay secret visits to his boyhood home?

As Detective Elinborg investigates a separate case of child abuse, and Erlendur continues to struggle both with his troubled family relationships and the ghosts of his own youth, their parallel stories probe deeper into the riddle of this latest Reykjavik Murder Mystery.

About the Author

Arnaldur Indridason is best known for his crime novels featuring Erlendur and Sigurdur Oli, which are consistent bestsellers in his home country of Iceland, and in Germany. The series has won numerous awards, including the Nordic Glass Key (for Tainted Blood and Silence of the Grave), and the CWA Gold Dagger (for Silence of the Grave).