Description
In the middle of Reykjavík’s Christmas rush, a beloved hotel doorman is discovered stabbed in a compromising position, and the hotel’s management scrambles to contain the scandal. As Inspector Erlendur Sveinsson arrives, the investigation collides with the hotel’s carefully maintained façade—where secrets, loneliness, and small cruelties simmer beneath festive cheer. With a glum persistence and an eye for what people hide, Erlendur follows the threads of motive and opportunity through a tightly wound community of staff and guests. Blending atmospheric noir with humane psychological insight, this story explores the shadows of respectability, the cost of silence, and how even the most ordinary places can become stages for tragedy.
Available Editions
hardcover
Harvill Secker
Published Sep 26, 2006
320 pages
ISBN: 9781846550331
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Details
First Published
2006
Language
eng
Translation
From: isl
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