A dark-skinned young boy is found dead, frozen to the ground in a pool of his own blood. The boy's Thai half-brother is missing; is he implicated, or simply afraid for his own life? While fears increase that the murder could have been racially motivated, the police receive reports that a suspected paedophile has been spotted in the area.
Detective Erlendur's investigation soon unearths the tension simmering beneath the surface of Iceland's outwardly liberal, multi-cultural society while the murder forces Erlendur to confront the tragedy in his own past.
- ISBN10 0312381034
- ISBN13 9780312381035
- Publish Date 15 September 2009 (first published 4 May 2009)
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Minotaur Books
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 344
- Language English