In the novel, the dropping water level reveals a body long hidden in the lake. The Draining Lake: An Inspector Erlendur Novel, Book 4 Audible Audiobook Unabridged Arnaldur Indridason (Author), & 2 more 714 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 11.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0. The title is based on a real Icelandic lake Kleifarvatn, which began draining away in 2000 following an earthquake. Elinborg and Sigurdur Oli, on the other hand, aren’t particularly persuasive characters, but flashbacks to the University of Leipzig during the Cold War provide compelling insights into the splintered politics of the day, as well as the Icelandic students studying there at the time. The Draining Lake (Icelandic: Kleifarvatn) is a 2004 crime novel by Icelandic author Arnaldur Indriason, an entry in the Detective Erlendur series. Erlendur’s lifelong obsession with the missing provides a haunting metaphor for this lonely, middle-aged man, divorced and alienated from his own two children. As Erlendur and his colleagues, Elinborg and Sigurdur Oli, go about checking on people who went missing around 1970, Erlendur is reminded of the disappearance of his younger brother when they were children. The bones are tied to some kind of Russian listening device, presumably a remnant of the Cold War. , etc.), a human skeleton surfaces in the bed of a lake near Reykjavik that’s been mysteriously draining away. (Sept.At the start of Gold Dagger Award–winner Indridason’s carefully plotted fourth entry in his crime series starring detective Erlendur Sveinsson ( Jar City thriller from one of crime fiction s brightest stars, The Draining Lake is Arnaldur Indridason s most gripping book yet. Elinborg and Sigurdur Oli, on the other hand, aren’t particularly persuasive characters, but flashbacks to the University of Leipzig during the Cold War provide compelling insights into the splintered politics of the day, as well as the Icelandic students studying there at the time.

, etc.), a human skeleton surfaces in the bed of a lake near Reykjavik that’s been mysteriously draining away. In this case, the draining lake of the title, Lake Kleifarvatn, has revealed a thirty year old skeleton with a Soviet radio transmitter weighting it down. At the start of Gold Dagger Award–winner Indridason’s carefully plotted fourth entry in his crime series starring detective Erlendur Sveinsson ( Jar City Inspector Erlendur Sveinsson, the compassionate detective in this remarkable series, draws the curtains against the relentless May sun in THE DRAINING LAKE (St.

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