The Draining Lake

Name: The Draining Lake
Author: Arnaldur Indriðason

by Arnaldur Indriðason

Body in glacial lake leads to investigation of Cold War past

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Arnaldur Indriðason

Arnaldur Indriðason is the most internationally successful Icelandic crime writer, whose Inspector Erlendur series brought Nordic noir to Iceland with bleak, atmospheric procedurals rooted in Icelandic history and landscape. His novels are saturated with the specific melancholy of Icelandic culture. He has won the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger twice.

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