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“Highly recommended to those who like their crime fiction dark and remorseless.”
— Toronto Star
“Icily exciting.”
— The Daily Telegraph
Praise for Arnaldur Indridason:
“An international literary phenomenon – and it’s easy to see why. His novels are gripping, authentic, haunting and lyrical.” — Harlan Coben
— Toronto Star
“Icily exciting.”
— The Daily Telegraph
Praise for Arnaldur Indridason:
“An international literary phenomenon – and it’s easy to see why. His novels are gripping, authentic, haunting and lyrical.” — Harlan Coben
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On an icy January day, the Reykjavik police are called to a block of flats where a body has been found in the garden: a young, dark-skinned boy, frozen to the ground in a pool of his own blood. The discovery of a stab wound in his stomach extinguishes any hope that this was a tragic accident. Erlendur and his team embark on their investigation with little to go on but the news that the boy’s Thai half-brother is missing. Is he implicated, or simply afraid for his own life? The investigation soon unearths tensions simmering beneath the surface of Iceland’s outwardly liberal, multicultural society. The boy’s murder forces Erlendur to confront a tragedy in his own past. Soon, facts are emerging from the snow-filled darkness that are more chilling even than the Arctic night.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very Involving Crime Fiction,
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This review is from: Arctic Chill (Hardcover)
5th book in the series starring detective Erlendur
This crime novel is another winner and surely will become a world wide hit. As usual Indridason writes about controversial topics that are relevant in today's society. This one raised issues of immigration, multiculturalism, racism and poverty. The story starts when a ten-year-old boy of Thai origin is found dead, frozen to the sidewalk in a Reykjavík suburb in mid-January. Taking on the challenge are our recurring heroes: Detective Erlendur and his racy colleagues Sigurdur Oli and Elinborg. While unraveling the mystery, the writer overlaps the storyline with a second plot concerning a woman who has disappeared. This triggers a flash back for Erlendur, memories of his brother who was lost in a storm when they were young. To make the storyline exciting the author uses powerful images and a tight prose to weave his sub- plots. To appreciate this writer, his work should be read in chronological order in order to fully understand the relationships between his characters and the ongoing life of detective Erlendur. Arctic Chill is very involving and effective crime fiction. This is another novel in what has become an addictive series for me
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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The Anatomy of an Icelandic Murder.,
By Ian Gordon Malcomson (Victoria, BC) - See all my reviews (HALL OF FAME) (TOP 10 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Arctic Chill (Hardcover)
I'm acquiring a good feeling for Indridason, one of Iceland's premier murder mystery writers. For some of us devotees to the genre, he does a slap-up job carefully laying out the story in the terms of character, plot, setting and theme. In this novel, he describes the murder of a young schoolboy of Thai-Icelandic parentage and the disappearance of his brother. The search for the killer becomes a mystery that exposes a lot that is troubling about Icelandic society: growing racism, bullying, spousal abuse, drug and alcohol addiction, and paedophilia. The lead investigator, Police Inspector Erlendur, gets wrapped up in solving this case as usual. For his efforts, he finds a society that is as uneasy about embracing immigrants as it is with dealing with its own. As Erlendur and his partner investigate clues and face a growing hostility from various parties in the community, an ominous picture begins to form. There is something out there that people don't wish to talk about, and it will take the cunning perseverance of two very determined cops to break through the silence. Iceland, once again, is portrayed as anything but a safe and secure place to live, especially if you are an outsider trying to gain access. So that the reader doesn't see Erlendur and his kind as your stereotypical cops simply bringing criminals to justice, the author introduces a parallel story that involves the main character's distant past. As Erlendur sorts through the sordid mess of young Elias's homicide, he is forced to think back in time to when his younger brother, Bergur, disappeared and eventually turned up dead in eastern Iceland. Over the years, Erlendur has very conveniently suppressed the horror of that tragedy. By coming to grips with how it happened, Erlendur is motivated to solve Elias' death and form stronger emotional ties with his wayward adult daughter. What makes this book, like all Indridason's others, so impressive for a story based on a small North Atlantic island of about 300,000 people is its clear prose, graphic honesty and explosive content. Indridason succeeds, im my estimation, in exploding the myth that Icelandic society's problem is strictly xenophobic by probing its many other deep, dark, dirty secrets. On the way to discovering the identity of a killer, the reader learns of a few other dysfunctional problems plaguing the Icelandic psyche. At the end of the story, a strong Arctic chill blows over a discontented landscape. Great read, especially for those who want yet another psychological tour of an uneasy society.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Life and Death,
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This review is from: Arctic Chill (Hardcover)
It is strange to think of Iceland as a multi-cultural society, but the fact that it has a fairly substantial immigrant population provides the background for this murder-mystery. A 10-year-old half-Thai boy is found stabbed to death on a path to his home on the way back from school. And Inspector Erlendur Sveinsson has to solve not only the murder but also the possibility of a hate crime.
In this latest novel featuring the Icelandic Inspector, he also confronts his own past: the estrangement of his daughter and son and the haunting ghost of his brother's tragic death when they were both young boys lost in a snow storm. Indridason is the author of four previous novels, including the Gold-Dagger award winning "Jar City." This latest effort merely reinforces his reputation as being among the best of the contemporary Scandinavian crime novelists. He addresses not only the traditional crime-mystery themes, but also present-day social matters as well. The writing is beautifully simple, but poignant and elegant. Highly recommended.
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