Arnaldur Indridason

As most of the Erlendur novels, it’s a police procedural set in Iceland. This one starts with the discovery of a skeleton when a lake’s level drops. Nice back stories about Erlendur and his kids and new girlfriend. Eventually, they begin to look at individuals who went to college in E. Germany. A little espionage is part of the story. Interesting read. I enjoy this author quite a bit.

dark, with the twisted psychology that seems to predominate in icelandic and nordic mystery fiction

Dark and sad but so well written you cannot put it down.
The technique of not knowing the victim due to the slow archeological uncovering of the bones really worked

Just couldn't finish this one.

I thought I'd give it a try as it sounded intriguing. A body is found in a glacier 30 years after the person had gone missing. Konrad, a retired detective, had been on the case looking for the missing person.

Not sure if it was the format on my tablet or what but this was just very hard to read. Couldn't tell where one conversation ended and the other started. Very wordy and, after the initial discovery of the body, slow.