Books like Voices by Arnaldur Indriðason
In the snowy streets of Reykjavik, detective Erlendur is called to a grand hotel where the doorman has been fatally stabbed in his dingy basement room. Just days before Christmas, the doorman was preparing to pose as Santa for a children's party, and the hotel manager attempts to keep the tragedy hidden. Erlendur digs into the strange inhabitants of the hotel—an unkempt detective, a suspicious manager, and other enigmatic characters—to uncover greed, malice, and corruption beneath the facade. A haunting childhood secret of the victim, once a famous child singer, surfaces, suggesting that the past may hold the answer to his murder. The novel delivers a tense, atmospheric mystery set against the Icelandic winter backdrop.
First publish date: 2006
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Police Procedural
Authors: Arnaldur Indriðason
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