Iceland's best-selling novelist and a winner of the CWA Gold Dagger Award, Arnaldur Indridason is an international phenomenon highly regarded for his engrossing crime fiction. In Hypothermia, Inspector Erlendur contends with personal demons while investigating a woman's suicide. Although there are no signs of foul play, Erlendur gradually exposes a sinister plot. ". psychologically astute, beautifully told, and filled with insight into matters of life and death."-Booklist, starred review
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“Indriðason has a remarkable understanding of grief and its persistence...[He] combines psychological acuteness with great stylistic economy and a pleasing pace.”
— Independent (London)
“The narrative grips, the writing...is resonant and lyrical, and the atmosphere is chillingly creepy.”
— Guardian (London)“Creepy and atmospheric, Hypothermia will keep readers up late into the night.”
— RT Book Reviews“Indriðason is considered to be the most popular author in Iceland...Hypothermia...demonstrates why.”
— Bookreporter.com“Powerful.”
— Publishers Weekly“George Guidall capably portrays [Erlendur] with a low, gravelly voice and a slow pace that perfectly suits the character.”
— AudioFile“Psychologically astute, beautifully told, and filled with insight into matters of life and death.”
— Booklist (starred review)“[A] haunting mystery.”
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Arnaldur Indridason won the CWA Gold Dagger Award for Silence of the Grave and is the only author to win the Glass Key Award for Best Nordic Crime Novel two years in a row, for Jar City and Silence of the Grave. The Draining Lake won the 2009 Barry Award for Best Novel.
Arnaldur Indriðason won the CWA Gold Dagger Award for Silence of the Grave and is the only author to win the Glass Key Award for Best Nordic Crime Novel two years in a row, for Jar City and Silence of the Grave. He was awarded the prestigious RBA International Prize for Crime Writing in 2013 for Shadow Channel. The film of Jar City, now available from Netflix, was Iceland’s entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, and the film of Silence of the Grave is in production with the same director. The film Contraband, starring Mark Wahlberg, is based on an Icelandic film written by Indriðason, who lives in Reykjavik, Iceland.
George Guidall, winner of more than eighty AudioFile Earphones Awards, has won three of the prestigious Audie Award for Excellence in Audiobook Narration. In 2014 the Audio Publishers Association presented him with the Special Achievement Award for lifetime achievement/ During his thirty-year recording career he has recorded over 1,700 audiobooks, won multiple awards, been a mentor to many narrators, and shown by example the potential of fine storytelling. His forty-year acting career includes starring roles on Broadway, an Obie Award for best performance off Broadway, and frequent television appearances.