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Original title Vetrarborgin Language Icelandic Originally published 2005 Preceded by The Draining Lake Publisher Random House | 3.8/5 Goodreads Country Iceland Series Detective Erlendur, #7 Followed by Hypothermia Genres Crime Fiction, Mystery | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Translator Bernard Scudder and Victoria Cribb Publication date 2005 (orig.) & September 2008 (Eng. trans.) Similar Arnaldur Indriðason books, Police books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arctic Chill (Icelandic: Vetrarborgin) is a 2008 translation of a 2005 crime novel by Icelandic author Arnaldur Indriðason, another entry in the multi award-winning Detective Erlendur series.
The book is the first of Indriðason's works to be translated into English by someone other than Bernard Scudder, as he died of a heart attack before his translation was complete. Victoria Cribb completed it.
Erlendur and his team investigate the murder of a young Thai boy, found frozen in his own blood one midwinter day outside a rundown apartment block. The crime may be racially motivated and the team soon uncovers some unpleasant truths about modern Icelandic society. The subject of racism is examined, as well as immigration of Asians to Iceland.
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