Reykjavik, Saturday night. He offered her another margarita, and, as he returned from the bar, he carefully slid the pill into her glass. They were getting along fine, and he was sure she would give him no trouble... 48 hours later, a young man is found dead in a pool of blood. There is no sign of a break-in at his flat.
Reykjavik, Saturday night. He offered her another margarita, and, as he returned from the bar, he carefully slid the pill into her glass. They were ge...
One cold autumn night, a woman is found hanging from a beam in her summer cottage by Lake Thingvellir. At first sight it appears to be a straightforward case of suicide, but when Karen, the friend who found her body, approaches Erlendur and gives him the tape of a seance that Mar a had attended, his curiosity is aroused."
One cold autumn night, a woman is found hanging from a beam in her summer cottage by Lake Thingvellir. At first sight it appears to be a straightforwa...
1945: a German bomber flies over Iceland in a blizzard, the crew have lost their way and crash on the Vatnajokull glacier. Inexplicably, there are both German and American officers on board. One of the senior German officers claims that their best chance of survival is to try to walk to the nearest farm and sets off."
1945: a German bomber flies over Iceland in a blizzard, the crew have lost their way and crash on the Vatnajokull glacier. Inexplicably, there are bot...
A brilliant new mystery from the winner of the CWA Gold Dagger and Indridason's best book yet. In the wake of an earthquake, the water level of an Icelandic lake drops suddenly, revealing the skeleton of a man half-buried in its sandy bed. It is clear immediately that it has been there for many years. There is a large hole in the skull. Yet more mysteriously, a heavy communication device is attached to it, possibly some sort of radio transmitter, bearing inscriptions in Russian. The police are called in and Erlendur, Elinborg and Sigurdur Olii begin their investigation, which...
A brilliant new mystery from the winner of the CWA Gold Dagger and Indridason's best book yet. In the wake of an earthquake, the water level of an...
A suspected blackmailer is found murdered in this gripping crime story from the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger winner, Arnaldur Indridason. Detective Sigurdur Oli is in trouble. After a school reunion exposes the chasm between his life and those of his much more successful contemporaries, leaving him bitter and resentful, one of his old friends asks him to pay an unofficial visit to a couple of blackmailers. He readily agrees, only to arrive to find one of the pair lying in a pool of blood. When the victim dies in hospital, Sigurdur Oli is faced with investigating a murder...
A suspected blackmailer is found murdered in this gripping crime story from the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger winner, Arnaldur Indridason.
A missing woman. A missing boy. Detective Erlendur returns -- for the last time. A young woman walks into the frozen fjords of Iceland, never to be seen again. But Matthildur leaves in her wake rumours of lies, betrayal and revenge. Decades later, somewhere in the same wilderness, Detective Erlendur is on the hunt. He is looking for Matthildur but also for a long-lost brother, whose disappearance in a snow-storm when they were children has coloured his entire life. He is looking for answers. Slowly, the past begins to surrender its secrets. But as Erlendur uncovers a...
A missing woman. A missing boy. Detective Erlendur returns -- for the last time. A young woman walks into the frozen fjords of Iceland, ne...
Svatopluk Karásek patří spolu s Charliem Soukupem a Dášou Vokatou k nejvýraznějším písničkářům českého undergroundu, kteří byli komunistickou policií pronásledováni a donuceni k vystěhování z vlasti. Karáskovo slavné první album Say No to the Devil / Řekni ďáblovi ne poprvé vydal Jiří Pallas v roce 1979 ve svém vydavatelství Šafrán ´78 ve společné produkci s Paulem Wilsonem. Dnes už jde o klasickou nahrávku českého undergroundu 70. let - a přesto je toto vydání na CD vůbec poprvé přepsáno přímo z originálního pásu Robina Hájka a...
Svatopluk Karásek patří spolu s Charliem Soukupem a Dášou Vokatou k nejvýraznějším písničkářům českého undergroundu, kteří byli komu...
The loner Erlendur has recently joined the police force as a young officer and is immediately drawn into the blackness of Reykjavik's underworld. THE LIVING Erlendur has recently joined the police force as a young officer and immediately sinks into the darkness of Reykjavik's underworld. Working nights, he discovers the city is full of car crashes, robberies, drinkers and fighters. And sometimes an unexplained death. THE LOST A homeless man Erlendur knows is found drowned. But few people care. Or when a young woman on her way home from a club vanishes. Both cases go...
The loner Erlendur has recently joined the police force as a young officer and is immediately drawn into the blackness of Reykjavik's underworld.
One of the most popular figures in international crime fiction returns: Detective Erlendur is back. THE QUICK A woman swims in a remote, milky-blue lagoon. Steam rises from the water and as it clears, a body is revealed in the ghostly light. THE DEAD Miles away, a vast aircraft hangar rises behind the perimeter fence of the US military base. A sickening thud is heard as a man's body falls from a high platform. THE FORGOTTEN Many years before, a schoolgirl went missing. The world has forgotten her. But Erlendur has not. THE...
One of the most popular figures in international crime fiction returns: Detective Erlendur is back. THE QUICK A woman swims in a ...