Hypothermia
Author: Arnaldur Indridason
Publisher: Random House Canada
Price: $32 (Hardcover)
Detective Erlendur returns to investigate a murder in Hypothermia, which is Icelandic literary star Arnaldur Indridason’s eighth installment in the Reykjavik Murder Mystery series. The detective’s latest case involves the demise of Maria, a woman found hanged to death in a cabin near a Reykjavik lake. Dismissing suicide, Erlendur delves into the woman’s history, discovering her interest in the afterlife following the death of her parents at a young age. At the same time, Erlender is dogged by the unresolved disappearance of two young locals, as well as by his own jagged past and present.
