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Silence of the Grave

Arnaldur Indriðason

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#1340 of 8,085 books · #401 in Crime & Thriller

Won the Gold Dagger Award (CWA Dagger for Crime Novel of the Year) (2005).

Downtrodden detective Erlendur and his team must once again investigate Reykjavik's hidden past to unravel a case of human nastiness. Building work in an expanding Reykjavik uncovers a shallow grave. Years before, this part of the city was all open hills, and Erlendur and his team hope this is a typical Icelandic missing person scenario; perhaps someone once lost in the snow, who has lain peacefully buried for decades. Things are never that simple. Whilst Erlendur struggles to hold together the crumbling fragments of his own family, his case unearths many other tales of family pain. The hills have more than one tragic story to tell: tales of failed relationships and heartbreak; of anger, domestic violence and fear; of family loyalty and family shame. Few people are still alive who can tell the story, but even secrets taken to the grave cannot remain hidden forever.

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Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-13
9780312427320
Topics
Murder investigationFamily secretsDomestic violenceIceland's hidden pastGrief and loss

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