Arnaldur Indridason

The Quiet Mother by Arnaldur Indridason

By Vicki Weisfeld

9 December, 2025

Translated by Philip Roughton — The topography, geography and meteorology of Iceland are never far out of mind in Arnaldur Indridason’s crime stories. His most recent to be published in English, The Quiet Mother, is a police procedural. It’s the third novel featuring Indridason’s detective,…

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On the Radar: Take me to the bridge

By crimefictionlover

17 March, 2023

Stepping back into the mists of time to try and solve a mystery is a favourite topic for the Icelandic author Arnaldur Indridason and this is a popular branch of crime fiction for readers too, so it’s great to see the second book in his…

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CrimeFictionLover: Top five books of 2021

By crimefictionlover

28 December, 2021

The year 2021 ends in the same way it began: with a great deal of uncertainty. For many, it was a tough 12 months and though you may be tired of hearing it, this was the case for us as well. In fact, Crime Fiction…

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The Darkness Knows by Arnaldur Indridason

By crimefictionlover

11 August, 2021

Translated by Victoria Cribb — Iceland is a country of enigmas – which could be why crime novels from the country are so popular with crime fiction lovers. Icelandic authors seem to capture those enigmas, and the nuances that surround them, with a subtle sense…

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On the Radar: A cold case from a cold country

By crimefictionlover

2 July, 2021

July is here, so as the hot weather sweeps across the Northern Hemisphere, why don’t we all cool off with the latest Icelandic crime fiction? Arnaldur Indridason starts things off with a frozen body for us. Our second featured book also features a frozen body,…

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Six Icelandic crime authors you should be reading

By crimefictionlover

30 September, 2020

Ironic, isn’t it? Iceland has the lowest murder rate in the world and yet it seems to have the highest density of top crime authors. By our calculations, about one in every 50,000 Icelanders is producing better than average crime novels, which are being translated…

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A guide to Arnaldur Indridason’s Detective Erlendur

By Jeremy Megraw

11 May, 2018

Inspector Erlendur Sveinsson is a brilliant cop, but also a gloomy and thoroughly anti-social figure who guards his privacy jealously. When he’s not doggedly pursuing a case, he is hunkered down at home brooding over its details. He passes his solitary time reading his strange…

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The Shadow Killer

By crimefictionlover

15 March, 2018

Written by Arnaldur Indridason, translated by Victoria Cribb — Iceland’s leading crime author is best known for his novels featuring the Reykjavik detective, Erlendur. He wrote 10 contemporary novels about the character and his team, and then two that look at the detective’s early cases…

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The Quiet Mother by Arnaldur Indridason

On the Radar: Take me to the bridge

CrimeFictionLover: Top five books of 2021

The Darkness Knows by Arnaldur Indridason

On the Radar: A cold case from a cold country

Six Icelandic crime authors you should be reading

A guide to Arnaldur Indridason’s Detective Erlendur

The Shadow Killer

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