The loner Erlendur has recently joined the police force as a young officer and is immediately drawn into the blackness of Reykjavik's underworld.
Arnaldur Indridason worked for many years as a journalist and
critic before he began writing novels. His books have since sold
over 20 million copies worldwide. Outside Iceland, he is best known
for his crime novels featuring Erlendur and Sigurdur Óli, which are
consistent bestsellers across Europe. The series has won numerous
awards, including the Nordic Glass Key and the CWA Gold Dagger.
The Shadow District – the first book in the Reykjavík Wartime
Mystery series – won the Premio RBA de Novela Negra, the world’s
most lucrative crime fiction prize.
One of the greats of modern crime fiction
*Sunday Times*
The king of Icelandic crime fiction
*Financial Times*
An international literary phenomenon - and it's easy to see why.
His novels are gripping, authentic, haunting and lyrical
*Harlan Coben*
One of the most accomplished series of detective novels in modern
crime fiction
*Sunday Times*
A real pleasure
*Evening Standard*
The slow-burn solving of the mystery is intriguing enough, but fans
will find the portrait of his young protagonist…far more
fascinating… A real pleasure
*Scotland on Sunday*
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