Black Skies: An Inspector Erlendur Novel (Hardcover) by Mr. Arnaldur Indridason, Victoria Cribb

from ebyrne41

Erlunder is absent for the second book in a row ('Outrage' being the previous), which disappointed I must admit, Sigurdur Óli taking centre stage in this one. He is not what you might call a likeable character, a bit of a loner, initially arrogant maybe, but still interesting because of his scarr...

from Zozette

Arnaldur is one of my favourite authors, at least when it comes to Scananavian crime novels, and his Inspector Erlendur is my favourite fictional police detectives. Therefore I was a little disappointed that Erlendur is away in this story and he has left Sigurdur Oli behind to handle the cases. I...

from JalenV

The first Erlendur mystery I listened to was Strange Shores, but it was good enough to make me seek the earlier volumes. I like Erlendur and Elinborg well enough, but I've never liked Sigurdur Óli, whom I regard as an insensitive jerk. Despite the fact that Sigurdur Óli is the main character in t...

from auntmarge64

Number 8 in the English-language version of the Inspector Erlendur series set in Iceland, and this one focuses on one member of the 3-person group in which Erlendur usually works. The story takes place during the same time as "Outrage", the previous book in the series, and directly following a pa...

from Mijk

This is Indridason's commentary on the boom and crisis of recent Iceland financial economy and while it isn't as strong as it could be, that crisis was so all-consuming for Iceland that it must be difficult to reflect on it. Which is why the best book on the whole debacle is bizarrely, Laxness' T...