Voices: An Inspector Erlendur Novel (An Inspector Erlendur Series)

Arnaldur Indridason took the international crime fiction scene by storm after winning England's CWA Gold Dagger Award for Silence of the Grave. Now, with the highly anticipated Voices, this world-class sensation treats American readers to another extraordinary Inspector Erlendur Sveinsson thriller. The Christmas rush is at its peak in a grand Reykjavík hotel when Inspector Erlendur Sveinsson is called in to investigate a murder. The hotel Santa has been stabbed, and Erlendur and his detective colleagues have no shortage of suspects between hotel staff and the international travelers staying for the holidays. But then a shocking secret surfaces. As Christmas Day approaches, Erlendur must deal with his difficult daughter, pursue a possible romantic interest, and untangle a long-buried web of malice and greed to find the murderer. One of Indridason's most accomplished works to date, Voices is sure to win him a multitude of new American suspense fans. Following the huge success of Silence of the Grave, another spellbinding thriller from the winner of the CWA Gold Dagger.Detective Erlendur encounters memories of his troubled past in this gripping and award-winning continuation of the Reykjavik Murder Mysteries. At a grand Reykjavik hotel the doorman has been repeatedly stabbed in the dingy basement room he called home. It is only a few days before Christmas and he was preparing to appear as Santa Claus at a children's party. The manager tries to keep the murder under wraps. A glum detective taking up residence in his hotel and an intrusive murder investigation are not what he needs. As Erlendur quietly surveys the cast of grotesques who populate the hotel, the web of malice, greed and corruption that lies beneath its surface reveals itself. Everyone has something to hide. But most shocking is the childhood secret of the dead man who, many years before, was the most famous child singer in the country: it turns out to be a brush with stardom which would ultimately cost him everything. As Christmas Day approaches Erlendur must delve deeply into the past to find the man's killer. Voices is a tense, atmospheric and disturbing novel from one of Europe's greatest crime writers. Arnaldur Indriđason ; Translated From The Icelandic By Bernard Scudder. Third Vol. In The Reykjavik Murder Mysteries. First Published In Iceland Under The Title Röddin By Vaka-helgafell -- T.p. Verso. Sequel To: Silence Of The Grave. Sequel: The Draining Lake. At a grand Reykjavík hotel where the doorman has been stabbed in his dingy basement room and the manager is trying to keep the murder under wraps, Inspector Erlendur Sveinsson searches for a killer among the cast of grotesques who populate the hotel At a grand Reykjavik hotel where the doorman has been stabbed in his dingy basement room and the manager is trying to keep the murder under wraps, Inspector Erlendur Sveinsson searches for a killer among the cast of grotesques who populate the hotel