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Title	:	Silence of the Grave (Inspector Erlendur #4)
Author	:	Arnaldur Indriðason
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 280 pages
Published	:	October 3rd 2006 by Minotaur Books (first published 2001)
Categories	:	Mystery. Crime. Fiction. Thriller. European Literature. Scandinavian Literature. Scandinavian Lite.... Nordic Noir

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Inspector Erlendur returns in this gripping Icelandic thriller When a skeleton is discovered half-buried in a construction site outside of Reykjavík, Inspector Erlendur finds himself knee-deep in both a crime scene and an archeological dig. Bone by bone, the body is unearthed, and the brutalizing history of a family who lived near the building site comes to light along with it. Was the skeleton a man or a woman, a victim or a killer, and is this a simple case of murder or a long-concealed act of justice? As Erlendur tries to crack this cold case, he must also save his drug-addicted daughter from self destruction and somehow glue his hopelessly fractured family back together.

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Original Title:	Grafarþögn
ISBN:	0312340710 (ISBN13: 9780312340711)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Inspector Erlendur #4, Inspector Erlendur [English Translation Order] #2
Characters:	Sigurður Óli, Erlendur Sveinsson, Elínborg, Eva Lind
Setting:	Reykjavik (Reykjavík)(Iceland)
Literary Awards:	Barry Award Nominee for Best British Crime Novel (2006), Glass Key Award for Best Nordic Crime Novel (2003), CWA Gold Dagger Award for Fiction (2005)

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We get right into it with the first sentence 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 is uncovered at a construction site for a new housing development outside of Reykjavik. The excavation of the skeleton is turned over to a crew from the university: a professor and some anthropology students. This takes weeks. Initially we dont even know if it is a male or female skeleton but we do know its been in the ground for 50 or

The discovery of two skeletons at a construction site in suburban Reykjavik leads Erlendur and his colleagues to a case of severe and terrifying domestic violence dating back to World War II, when American troops were posted in Iceland. There's no urgency to solving the crime, given that it's decades old, but there are several mysteries that need resolving.

Sensitive readers should be warned that Indridason does not let his readers blink or turn their heads when it comes to detailing the horrible physical and mental abuse one man dishes out to his wife and children. He tells it like it happens in the real world - often in enough detail to make one flinch while merely reading of the brutality. These sections, however, are not there for shock value; they are at the heart of the mystery. The story is graphic and hard to read at times, but not

In this third book of the series, Inspector Erlander and his able staff of detectives are committed to identifying the body of a skeleton found at a construction site in the far suburbs of Reykjavik and determine to who is responsible. The problem is the skeleton might be so old, the perpetrator will probably have died years ago. They do however, proceed at a slow but steady pace making incremental progress while diligently following leads. Complicating matters for Erlander is watching his

This was an interesting book, but it didn't fully convince me. For instance, I think the police shouldn't talk about a case, least of all to the relatives of the people involved, when things are not yet clear. Disclosing hypothesis, talking about the case almost as if everything was clear or nearly so - I don't think this is usually done, although obviously I don't know about Iceland. On the other hand, come to think of it, one must only read an Italian newspaper to see that what I say is not

This is yet again, another great read from this author. I love this series with the desperate Erlendur and his troubled life. Here, his drug addict daughter, loses her baby and lies in intensive care, close to death herself. Erlendur is involved in a cold case of bones that have been uncovered in a site where a lot of the landscape has changed and the initial timeline is that the bones are maybe 50/60 years old. There is a back-story of a family who once lived nearby during WW2 and the wife who