Strange shores / Arnaldur Indridason ; translated from the Icelandic by Victoria Cribb.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Arnaldur Indriðason, 1961-

Contributor:

Cribb, Victoria., Translator.

Series:

Arnaldur Indriðason, 1961- Inspector Erlendur novel.

An Inspector Erlendur novel

Standardized Title:

Furðustrandir. English

Language:

English

Icelandic

Subjects (All):

Erlendur Sveinsson (Fictitious character)--Fiction.

Erlendur Sveinsson (Fictitious character).

Family secrets--Fiction.

Family secrets.

Missing persons--Fiction.

Missing persons.

Icelandic fiction--Translations into English.

Icelandic fiction.

Genre:

Thrillers (Fiction)

Mystery fiction.

Physical Description:

296 pages ; 25 cm.

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Minotaur Books, 2014.

Summary:

"[B]egins when a young woman disappears from the frozen fjords of Iceland. In her wake, this woman has left a tempest of lies, betrayal and revenge. Decades later, somewhere in the same wilderness, Detective Erlendur is on the hunt. He is looking for the missing woman but also for his long-lost brother, whose disappearance in a snowstorm when they were children has coloured his entire life. Slowly, the past begins to surrender its secrets. But as Erlendur uncovers a story about the limits of human endurance, he realizes that many people would prefer their crimes to stay buried" -- from publisher's web site.

Notes:

"First published in Great Britain under the title Furðustrandir in 2010 by Forlagid, Reykjavik."

"A Thomas Dunne book."

ISBN:

9781250000408 (hbk.)

1250000408 (hbk.)

OCLC:

877562278