The more he discovers of the past of the deceased, and the more demimonde figures he meets in that allegedly decent hotel, the more phantoms he reveals from his own past. Arnaldur Indridason took the international crime fiction scene by storm after winning Englands CWA Gold Dagger Award for Silence of the Grave. Detective Erlendur, who hits a wall of disinterest while trying to find answers, books a room in the hotel. Arnaldur Indridason is the author of Jar City, Silence of the Grave, Voices, The Draining Lake, and Arctic Chill.

Outside Iceland, he is best known for his crime novels featuring Erlendur and Sigurdur li, which are consistent bestsellers across Europe. He worked for many years as a journalist and critic before he began writing novels. Arnaldur Indridason took the international crime fiction scene by storm aft. The Swedish translation of the novel ( Änglarösten) won Sweden's Martin Beck Award for the best crime novel in translation.Īn old hotel doorman, preparing to dress up as Father Christmas, is found stabbed to death in a compromising position in his miserable small room. Budgeted at around 6 million (7.2 million), the thriller is based on the eponymous best-selling novel by Iceland’s crime master Arnaldur Indriason, whose earlier novel Jar City was. Arnaldur Indridason is an Icelandic writer of crime fiction most of his books feature the protagonist Detective Erlendur. Read 925 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. It was first published in English in August 2006. Voices is set around Christmas, and centres around the murder of Gudlaugur, known as Gulli, the doorman at a big Reykjavk hotel who also does a lot of odd jobs.

Voices ( Icelandic: Röddin) is a 2006 translation of a 2003 crime novel by Icelandic author Arnaldur Indriðason, in his Detective Erlendur series.

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