The hermit / Thomas Rydahl ; translated by K.E. Semmel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rydahl, Thomas, 1974- author.

Contributor:

Semmel, K. E., translator.

Standardized Title:

Eremitten. English

Language:

Danish

English

Subjects (All):

Hermits--Fiction.

Hermits.

Boys--Death--Fiction.

Boys.

Murder--Investigation--Fiction.

Murder.

Murder--Investigation.

Fuerteventura (Canary Islands)--Fiction.

Fuerteventura (Canary Islands).

FICTION--Thrillers--Crime.

FICTION / Thrillers / Crime.

Local Subjects:

FICTION--Thrillers--Crime.

FICTION / Thrillers / Crime.

Genre:

Fiction.

Suspense fiction.

Detective and mystery fiction.

Thrillers (Fiction)

Novels.

Physical Description:

471 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London, England : Oneworld, 2016.

Summary:

A car is found on a deserted beach on the Spanish island of Fuerteventura. On the back seat lies a cardboard box containing the body of a small boy buried in newspaper cuttings. No one knows his name, and there is no trace of a driver. The last thing an ailing tourist resort needs is a murder, and the police are desperate to close the case. The island is rife with rumours about the reclusive Erhard. Two decades of self-imposed exile from his wife and children have left him alienated and alone, whiling away his days in a drunken haze, driving an old taxi to get by. This unlikeliest of detectives determines to solve the crime himself - and he has nothing to lose. But how can one old man, cut off from the modern world, solve a murder whose dangerous web of deceit stretches far beyond the small island? And what if the killer forces Erhard to confront his own long-buried past?

Contents:

Luisa

The whore

The corpse

The flat

The cargo ship

The liar

Lucifia

Lily.

Notes:

"Originally published in Danish as Eremitten by Forlaget Bindslev, 2014"--Title page verso.

Glass Key Award, 2015

ISBN:

9781780748894

1780748892

OCLC:

947020271

Publisher Number:

99970235940