The Spectator, September 16th, 2006
VOICES by Arnaldur Indridason, translated by Bernard Scudder Harvill Secker, £12.99, pp. 314, ISBN 9781843433248 . £10.39 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 429 6655
The Silence of the Grave, Indridason's previous novel, won the three international crime-writing awards, including Britain's Gold Dagger. It featured his Icelandic series detective, the lugubrious policeman Erlendur, who returns in Voices to investigate the murder of a doorman at one of Reykjavik's smartest hotels. It's just before Christmas, and the hotel management is less than co-operative for fear of scandal. The doorman, who was a...
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