The Draining Lake (2008) Arnaldur Indridason (Author) Bernard Scudder (Translator)
In The Draining Lake, the fourth book from Arnaldur Indridason to feature Icelandic detective Erlendur Sveinsson, a skeleton has been found in the bed of a lake that is quickly receding for an unknown reason. Sveinsson believes that the skeleton is tied to a Russian plot executed during the Cold War and begins looking into missing persons reports from that era. However, Sveinsson's own little brother disappeared around that time, and this case brings up painful memories that the detective thought he had repressed. These memories also serve to motivate Sveinsson to solve this case and bring peace to one family who has been wondering about their loved one for so long.
MAIN CHARACTERS :
Erlendur Sveinsson, Detective--Police
GENRE :
Mystery fiction
SUB GENRE :
Police Procedural
SETTING(S) :
Reykjavik, Iceland
SUBJECT :
Murder, Missing persons, Memory, Socialism, Cold War, 1945-1991, Law enforcement, Detective fiction
TIME PERIOD :
21st century AD
Gale Document Number: GALE|M1300158177
Gale Database: What Do I Read Next?, 2010
SOURCE CITATION : "The Draining Lake." 2010. Books & Authors Gale. Gale Internal User. 2 Sep 2010 <http://books.wiseto.com/bna/start.do?p=BNA&u=gale>
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