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Book SynopsisA skeleton is found half-buried in a dried out lake. The bones have been weighed down with an radio transmitter: is this a clue to the victim, and the killer's identity? Detective Erlendur is called in to investigate and discovers that there may be a connection with a group of students who were sent to study in East Germany during the Cold War.
Trade ReviewA haunting, compassionate work * Observer *
Indridason manages to keep the reader guessing about the identity of both killer and victim right to the last * Sunday Express *
An absorbing story which confirms
Indridason's place among the leading writers of Nordic crime fiction * Sunday Telegraph *
Beautifully written and translated, the novel has both a strong sense of place and themes that transcend it; it confirms
Indridason as one of those crime writers who rises above genre, combining suspense with moving insights into the human condition * Sunday Times *
Indridason pieces together a convincing plot, while exploring universal issues of political idealism and shattered dreams * Daily Mirror *
