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Author:
Arnaldur Indridason
Format: Paperback
EAN: 9780099532279
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EAN: 9780099532279
Published: 7 Oct 2010
One cold autumn night, a woman is found hanging from a beam at her holiday cottage. At first sight, it appears like a straightforward case of suicide; María had never recovered from the death of her mother two years previously and she had a history of depression. But then the friend who found her body approaches Detective Erlendur with a tape of a séance that María attended before her death and his curiosity is aroused.
Driven by a need to find answers, Erlendur begins an unofficial investigation into María's death. But he is also haunted by another unsolved mystery - the disappearance of two young people thirty years ago - and by his own quest to find the body of his brother, who died in a blizzard when he was a boy. Hypothermia is Indridason's most compelling novel yet.
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An intelligent, gripping and moody tale with superior characterisation
- The Times
The narrative grips, the writing, excellently translated by Cribb, is resonant and lyrical, and the atmosphere is chillingly creepy
- Guardian
Hypothermia is one of the most haunting crime novels I've read in a long time, unsentimental yet informed by the author's extraordinary empathy with human suffering
- Sunday Times
An insightful human story, beautifully written and translated
- Literary Review
Descriptions of Iceland's stunning crystalline landscape are lyrical and the overall storyline thoughtful and original
- Daily Mail
Indridason's best novel so far
- Books Quarterly
Indridason has a remarkable understanding of grief and its persistence... Indridason combines psychological acuteness with great stylistic economy and a pleasing pace
- Independent
A personal odyssey, suffused with a melancholy that, like the icy chill, seeps into the bones
- Herald
This Icelandic novelist keeps on getting better
- Sunday Times
Our love affair with Scandinavian crime continues with the latest instalment of Indridason's award-winning Icelandic murder mystery series
- Daily Express
Arnaldur Indridason has built an international reputation with this series, and rightly so. Hypothermia is perhaps his best book yet, gracefully depicting the lengths to which people are driven by the need for answers. An outstanding novel
- Guardian
The Icelandic master of crime Arnaldur Indridason is not yet as well known in this country as Sweden's Henning Mankell, but on this showing, it is only a matter of time...a wonderfully atmospheric tale
- Sunday Telegraph
This is a humane, unsentimental study of grief and guilt, which is both moving and unsettling. It's also a softly gripping narrative, without ever resorting to fight scenes, car chases or torture
- Independent on Sunday
ARNALDUR INDRIDASON worked for many years as a journalist and critic before he began writing novels. Outside Iceland, he is best known for his crime novels featuring Detectives Erlendur and Sigurdur Óli, which are consistent bestsellers across Europe. The series has won numerous awards, including the Nordic Glass Key - an award also won by Scandinavian crime authors, Henning Mankell and Jo Nesbo - and the CWA Gold Dagger.
