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Loading... Voices (2002)by Arnaldur Indriðason
This is an amazingly plotted book that has great depth. Really it's a story about fathers and sons, and that theme echoes throughout the book. (  ) MsGumby | Apr 27, 2013 |  Another outstanding book in the series. (  ) pidgeon92 | Apr 1, 2013 | The best one of the three I've read so far. Erlendur is developed as a character and there are twists and turns aplenty in the plot. Took me less than a day to read it, in one sitting! ( ) missizicks | Mar 30, 2013 | Whe a hotel doorman who also plays Santa for the children of the hotel's employee's at their annual party is found in his bed in his tiny basement closet of a room, with his pants down around his ankles and wearing a condom, Erlendur and team are called on the case. As with the first two books in the Erlendur series, the crime is impacted by events decades earlier and the book goes back and forth between past and present. Indridason certainly comes up with interesting plots, this one involving collecting vinyl recordings. As always, Erlendur's daughter, Eva Lind plays a recurring role, having been roused from the coma she was in in the last episode. The Inspector Erlendur series is a steady series, always interesting. As I said before, he's almost like Columbo in his rumpled clothing. The books are fast reads (2-3 days tops). So enjoy yourselves. ( ) EdGoldberg | Mar 26, 2013 | Read in paperback form. English translation published in 2006. No. 3 in Detective Erlendur series. Different from first two books (Jar City, Silence of the Grave) - not as grim or dark. Includes some pleasant descriptions of Icelanic winter scenes. Hotel doorman found dead in his small room in basement of hotel. Everyone has a secret. Read in March. (  ) reader68 | Mar 18, 2013 |
 I cannot recommend Voices, or its two predecessors, highly enough. To be uplifted in this life, sometimes you have to drink from the well of the melancholic and fractured, and that's what is on the menu here. Arnaldur Indridason and Bernard Scudder have emerged as giants of this genre. But beware, the grip of their works is as icy as it is addictive
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0312358717, Hardcover)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 ReykjavÃk 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. (retrieved from Amazon Thu, 14 Apr 2011 12:03:12 -0400) 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. |
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