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The Draining Lake

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Country
  
Series
  
Detective Erlendur, #6

Original title
  
Language
  
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Translator
  
Bernard Scudder, Éric Boury (French)

Nominations
  
Macavity Awards for Best Mystery Novel

Awards
  
Barry Award for Best Novel

The Draining Lake (Icelandic: Kleifarvatn) is a 2004 crime novel by Icelandic author Arnaldur Indriðason, an entry in the Detective Erlendur series.

The title is based on a real Icelandic lake Kleifarvatn, which began draining away in 2000 following an earthquake. In the novel, the dropping water level reveals a body long hidden in the lake.

Awards and honors

2009 Macavity Award: Nominee

References

The Draining Lake Wikipedia


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