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Hypothermia

Arnaldur Indridason author Victoria Cribb translator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Vintage Publishing

Published:7th Oct '10

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When a woman is found dead shortly after attending a seance, Detective Erlendur, already haunted by an unsolved mystery from thirty years ago, begins his investigations.

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.

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.

one of the most haunting crime novels you can expect to read: unsentimental, yet informed throughout by Indridason’s extraordinary empathy with human suffering * The Times *
An intelligent, gripping and moody tale with superior characterisation -- Marcel Berlins * The Times *
The narrative grips, the writing, excellently translated by Cribb, is resonant and lyrical, and the atmosphere is chillingly creepy -- Laura Wilson * 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 -- Joan Smith * Sunday Times *
An insightful human story, beautifully written and translated -- Jessica Mann * Literary Review *
Descriptions of Iceland's stunning crystalline landscape are lyrical and the overall storyline thoughtful and original -- Carla McKay * 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 -- Jane Jakeman * Independent *
A personal odyssey, suffused with a melancholy that, like the icy chill, seeps into the bones -- Alastair Mabbott * Herald *
This Icelandic novelist keeps on getting better * Sunday Times *

  • Short-listed for CWA International Dagger 2010

ISBN: 9780099532279

Dimensions: 197mm x 130mm x 21mm

Weight: 236g

336 pages