The Rose of Death
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The Rose of Death
Silence of the Grave: A Detective Erlendur Case
On a bright Icelandic summer night, the body of a young girl is found. She is lying on a flower-adorned grave belonging to the Icelandic freedom fighter Jón Sigurdsson. Detective Erlendur and his colleagues from the Reykjavík CID, Sigurdur Óli and Elinborg, immediately see that this death has much to do with the drug trade. But why is the girl lying on this particular grave? What is this staging meant to achieve? The police investigation proves to be very sensitive, as the circle of suspects includes a well-known public figure... Another thrilling and complicated case for Detective Erlendur.
Arnaldur Indriðason
Arnaldur Indriðason (born 1961) is one of the leading authors of the genre in his homeland and across Europe, and his crime novels are highly acclaimed. He worked as a journalist and film critic for Iceland's largest newspaper, Morgunblaðið. Today, he lives as a freelance writer in Reykjavík and publishes his novels with great success. Jar City, the first of the novels featuring Detective Erlendur, received the prestigious Glass Key award in 2002, an award given annually to the best Nordic crime novel. His second detective novel, Silence of the Grave, was nominated for this award in 2003. The author thus ranks among an elite group including Henning Mankell, Håkan Nesser, Åke Edwardson, and Kjell Eriksson, and holds a top spot on bestseller lists in Scandinavia as well as in England, France, Germany, and elsewhere in Europe. In 2006, his novel Jar City was adapted into a film and immediately became the most successful Icelandic film in history. In 2007, this film won the main prize at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. According to the website Krimi-Couch, Arnaldur Indriðason is one of the five most popular crime novel authors in the world, and his novels have been translated into 36 languages.
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