Detective Konrad
2 total works
**SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 PETRONA AWARD FOR THE BEST SCANDI CRIME**
One girl missing. Another found dead. Only one detective can solve this case.
'One of the greats of modern crime fiction' Sunday Times
When a young woman known for drug smuggling goes missing, her elderly grandparents have no choice but to call the retired Detective Konrád.
Still looking for his own father's murderer, Konrád agrees to investigate the case.
But digging into the past reveals more than he set out to discover, and a strange connection to a little girl who drowned in the Reykjavík city pond decades ago recaptures everyone's attention.
A brilliant, chilling tale of broken dreams and children who have nowhere to turn.
'The undisputed king of the Icelandic thriller' Guardian
'An international literary phenomenon - and it's easy to see why. His novels are gripping, authentic, haunting, and lyrical' Harlan Coben
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'One of my favourite writers' Ann Cleeves
A woman is found murdered in her home. On her desk is a note with a phone number and a name: Detective Konrad.
Called in to investigate, Konrad realises he met the woman shortly before her death when she asked him for help locating the child she'd given up for adoption fifty years earlier. Distressed at having declined her request, Konrad vows to make up for it. Could her murder and the search for her missing child be linked?
'Arnaldur Indridason is indeed an expert storyteller... The Quiet Mother is yet another feather in the author’s cap … a work of genius' Steinthor Gudbjartsson, Iceland Monitor Daily