Local police suspects a relation between two cases. The plot follows the deaths of a retired teacher in his home and the suicide of one his students. As of now, this novel is not available in English. Order of Arnaldur Indridason Books Featuring Detective Erlendur In 2011, the author made a flashback and after writing 11 novels in the series, featured a young detective Erlendur in The Great Match. This has also been the case in his last two novels Reykjavik Nights and Into Oblivion.

As a result, he has been able to create some of the most absorbing plots of the Scandinavian Noir genre.

Indridason regularly mixes scenes from Erlendur personal life challenges with the criminal aspects of the stories. Erlendur himself is an introvert person and spends countless hours in solitude besides his work studying his collection of papers missing people. She feels a lot of anger towards him yet at times desperately asks for his help. Her daughter Eva Lind, pregnant and still using, had a complex relationship with him. Who is Detective Erlendur Sveinsson?Įrlendur, as it was first introduced to readers in Jar City, was around 50 years old, long divorced, with two kids in varying degrees of drug addiction. in 2005 when Minotaur Books published his third novel titled Jar City (or Mýrin in Icelandic). Same case applies to his subsequent novel Dauðarósir (Roses of Death, 1998). His first book, Sons of Dust (Synir duftsins) which came out in 1997 is not available in English. Indridason’s books mostly feature the protagonist Detective Erlendur who he brought to life in 1997. Born in 1961 in Reykjavík, Indridason pursued a degree in history from the University of Iceland in 1996 and worked as a freelance writer before becoming a film critic for a local newspaper.

When examining Icelandic Noir, it’s impossible to ignore Arnaldur Indridason books and the contribution he has made to the genre.

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