Title: The draining lake
Description: When the water level of an Icelandic lake suddenly falls following an earthquake to reveal a skeleton half-buried in its sandy bed, Inspector Erlendur, Elinborg, and Sigurdur Oli look into the long-unsolved disappearance of a young, left-wing student during the Cold War.
Subjects: Murder, Police, Lakes, Fiction, Erlendur Sveinsson (Fictitious character), Investigation, Fiction, thrillers, general, Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural, Iceland, fiction
Places: Iceland, Reykjavik