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Arctic Chill

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ABOUT
THE BOOK

On an icy January day the Reykjavik police are called to a block of flats where a body has been found in the garden: a young, dark-skinned boy, frozen to the ground in a pool of his own blood. The discovery of a stab wound in his stomach extinguishes any hope that this was a tragic accident.
Erlendur and his team embark on their investigation with little to go on but the news that the boy’s Thai half-brother is missing. Is he implicated, or simply afraid for his own life? The investigation soon unearths tensions simmering beneath the surface of Iceland’s outwardly liberal, multicultural society. A teacher at the boy’s school makes no secret of his anti-immigration stance; incidents are reported between Icelandic pupils and the disaffected children of incomers; and, to confuse matters further, a suspected paedophile has been spotted in the area. Meanwhile, the boy’s murder forces Erlendur to confront the tragedy in his own past.
Soon, facts are emerging from the snow-filled darkness that are more chilling even than the Arctic night.

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR Arnaldur
Indridason

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NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS

A story that deals with the issues of immigrants in Iceland and combines a well written crime novel and social study. Indridason writes a powerful story where the style is precise and minimalistic, the atmosphere is chilling and the solution unexpected.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Country
Iceland
Original Language
Icelandic
Publisher
Harvill Secker

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