Strange shores
By: Arnaldur Indridason ; translated from the Icelandic by Victoria Cribb
Contributors: Cribb, Victoria, translator
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Series: An Inspector Erlendur novel
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9781250000408
Subjects: Missing persons; Family secrets; Fiction; Erlendur Sveinsson (Fictitious character)
Work titles: Furðustrandir
Description: "[B]egins when a young woman disappears from the frozen fjords of Iceland. In her wake, this woman has left a tempest of lies, betrayal and revenge. Decades later, somewhere in the same wilderness, Detective Erlendur is on the hunt. He is looking for the missing woman but also for his long-lost brother, whose disappearance in a snowstorm when they were children has coloured his entire life. Slowly, the past begins to surrender its secrets. But as Erlendur uncovers a story about the limits of human endurance, he realizes that many people would prefer their crimes to stay buried" --
Notes: "First published in Great Britain under the title Furðustrandir in 2010 by Forlagid, Reykjavik."

"A Thomas Dunne book."

Translated from the Icelandic.