• Sold to:
  • UK/Australia/New Zealand/South-Africa (PRH/ Harvill Secker)
  • USA/Philippines (St. Martin‘s Press/Thomas Dunne Books)
  • Germany/Switzerland/Austria (Verlagsgruppe Lübbe)
  • The Netherlands/Belgium/Luxembourg (Querido)
  • Sweden (Norstedts)
  • Czech Republic (MOBA)
  • France/Switzerland/Luxembourg/ Canada (Métailié)
  • Finland (Blue Moon)
  • Denmark (Rosinante)
  • Norway (Cappelen Damm)
  • Italy (Ugo Guanda)
  • Spain/Andorra/South- and Central America/USA (RBA Libros)
  • Catalonia (La Magrana)
  • Brazil (Companhia das letras)
  • Portugal (Porto Editores)
  • Hungary (Animus)
  • Turkey (Dogan)
  • Russia (Corpus)
  • Poland (WAB)
  • Greece (Metachmio)
  • Lebanon (Thaqafa)
  • Simplified Chinese (Xinhua)
  • Korea (Open Books)
  • Japan (Tokyo Sogensha)
  • Estonia (Eesti Raamat)
  • Macedonia (TRI Publishing Centre)

The Draining Lake (2004)

Author: Arnaldur Indridason

The water level of a lake drops in the wake of an earthquake, revealing the hidden skeleton of a man. Attached to it is a communication device with Russian inscriptions. The police are called in and Erlendur, Elinborg, and Sigurdur Oli begin their investigation, which takes them back several decades, unearthing shattered dreams, and hot passions dampened by the Cold War.

• Nominated for the Icelandic Literary Prize 2004
• Le Prix du Polar européen du POINT, France, 2008
• The Barry Award, USA, for Best Novel of the year 2009
• Nominated for the Macavity Award by Mystery Readers International 2009

 

“The Draining Lake is a beautiful,
sad, haunting tale of lost love and lost illusions,
regret and betrayal.”
THE TIMES

 

Links & more