Reykjavik Murder Mysteries: Draining Lake

A skeleton is found half-buried in a dried out lake. The bones have been weighed down with an old Russian radio transmitter: is this a clue to the victim, and the killer's, identity?

Detective Erlendur is called in to investigate and discovers that there may be a connection with a group of students who were sent to study in East Germany during the Cold War, and with a young man who walked out of his family house one day, never to return. As the mystery deepens Erlendur and his team must unravel a story of international espionage, murder and betrayal.

'Indridason manages to keep the reader guessing...right to the last' Sunday Express

'Beautifully written and translated...combining suspense with moving insights into the human condition' Sunday Times

'A haunting, compassionate work' Observer

'An absorbing story which confirms Indridason's place among the leading writers of Nordic crime fiction' Sunday Telegraph