Black skies / Arnaldur Indridason ; translated from the Icelandic by Victoria Cribb.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Arnaldur Indriðason, 1961- author.

Contributor:

Cribb, Victoria, translator.

Series:

Arnaldur Indriðason, 1961- Inspector Erlendur novel

An Inspector Erlendur novel

Standardized Title:

Svörtuloft. English

Language:

English

Icelandic

Subjects (All):

Erlendur Sveinsson (Fictitious character)--Fiction.

Erlendur Sveinsson (Fictitious character).

Reykjavík (Iceland)--Fiction.

Icelandic fiction ǂv Translations into English.

Genre:

Noir fiction.

Mystery fiction.

Suspense fiction.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

330 pages ; 25 cm.

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Minotaur Books, 2013.

Language Note:

Translation of: Svörtuloft.

Summary:

A man is making a crude leather mask with an iron spike fixed in the middle of the forehead. It is a "death mask," once used by Icelandic farmers to slaughter calves, and he has revenge in mind. Meanwhile, a school reunion has left Inspector Erlendur's colleague Sigurdur Óli unhappy with life in the police force. When a favor to a friend goes wrong and a woman dies before his eyes, Óli has a murder investigation on his hands.

Notes:

"First published with the title Svörtuloft in 2009 by Forlagí, Reykjavík."

"A Thomas Dunne book."

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Miller Fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9781250000392

1250000394

OCLC:

827256724