Silence of the Grave

"Silence of the Grave"Winner of the CWA Golden Dagger Award Translated from the Icelandic by Bernard Scudder Praise for Indridason's previous novel featuring Inspector Erlendur Sveinsson, "Jar City" " " "Classic mystery fiction, both compassionate and thrilling. Indridason is about to become one of the brightest stars in the genre's dark skies." - John Connolly, author of "Dark Hollow" "A great crime novel . . . excellent." - "The ""Baltimore"" Sun" "Riveting. Look for Indridason to appear on critics' shortlists for best new author, best mystery novel, and so forth." - "BookPage" "Fans of mystery in general and Henning Mankell and Karin Fossum can only exult." - "Library Journal" (starred review) "No wonder Arnaldur Indridason won so many awards. He's a great storyteller, and American readers will overwhelmingly agree." - C. J. Box, Anthony Award-winning author of "Out of Range" " " "Reminiscent of Simenon." - Reginald Hill, author of "Dialogues of the Dead" "Gripping. . . . There is a Ross Macdonald element to all this . . . recalls Madeleine Nabb and Donna Leon." - "Booklist"Arnaldur Indriðason is the author of 'Silence of the Grave ', published 2007 under ISBN 9780312427320 and ISBN 0312427328.