I notice that in these novels minor characters are rarely given names, so we've got 'the manager' and 'the check' and 'the receptionist.' I'm afraid that if you're not given a name, even if you play a large role, it's because you're not going to be the killer. I cannot recommend Voices, or its two predecessors, highly enough. I suppose the author didn't realize he was yelling the truth so loudly. Now, with the highly anticipated Voices, this. I guess the weirdest thing is that it's obvious he's gay, and being gay is crucial to unravelling the murder, but Erlendur figures out this proclivity only about seven tenths through the novel. Arnaldur Indridason took the international crime fiction scene by storm after winning Englands CWA Gold Dagger Award for Silence of the Grave. Arnaldur Indridason took the international crime fiction scene by storm after winning England's CWA Gold Dagger Award for Silence of the Grave. His daughter, the drug addict, drops in, and he meets an intriguing medical technician he takes to dinner, and his colleagues do all the legwork down in Harfyfjordfyord or someplace to gather the key info about the deceased, a down and out boy soprano turned doorman. In fact, he's so comfortable indoors that he decides to check into the hotel while he's there handling the case. I'm still waiting to find out what Iceland is really like, whether it's as starkly beautiful as I think it is, but Erlendur is still inveistigating murders by heading inside, this time in a hotel. Award-winning author Arnaldur Indridason shows, in his 2003 novel VOICES, just why he is so popular in Iceland.

Voices indriðason novel