Iceland as described by Erlendur is a dark, and alienating place best visited with a glass of spirits or dosed on prozac. Ironically, in this suffocating landscape, its inhabitants can avoid intimacy but can never escape their interconnectedness.
Winner of the Golden Dagger Award

Plot in 20 Words or Less: A human skeleton is found in the bottom of a draining lake, tied to some kind of Russian listening device and Erlendur must unravel the mystery while exploring his own understanding of passions, loyalties, and consequences.

(ok- that was 36 word but, well, its complicated)

Great book- read this one. And make sure to read Jar City too. Or rent the movie.

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