He knew at once it was a human bone, when he took it from the baby who was sitting on the floor chewing it
A skeleton, buried for more than 50 years, is uncovered at a building site on the outskirts of Reykjavík. Who is it? Was it murder? Introspective Inspector Erlendur gets to the bottom of this gut-churning story.
Erlender is a guilt-ridden loner, a failure in his personal life, a man who constantly broods over his past. He suffers from Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) and wonders how people had survived for hundreds of years in a country with such a harsh climate. It’s a wonder sometimes how he can get himself out of his apartment.
But Erlendur is a Seeker of Truth and he sets out to find it despite all setbacks. The mysteries he unravels are totally gripping. Silence of the Grave certainly gripped me.
My Amazon link Silence of the Grave (Reykjavik Murder Mysteries, No. 2)
