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Black skies

Summary: A man is making a crude leather mask with slits for eyes and mouth, and an iron spike fixed in the middle of the forehead. It is a 'death mask', once used by Icelandic farmers to slaughter calves. He has revenge in mind. Meanwhile, with Detective Erlendur absent, his colleague Sigurdur Óli is in the spotlight.

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  • ISBN: 9781846555404 (softcover) :
  • ISBN: 9781846555817 (hardcover) :
  • ISBN: 9780099563372 (softcover)
  • Physical Description: print
    330 p. ; 25 cm.
  • Publisher: London : Harvill Secker, c2012.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally published as: Svörtuloft. 2009.
Original Version Note:
Original Icelandic title: Svörtuloft.
Language Note:
Translated from the Icelandic.
Subject: Sigurdur Óli (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Police -- Iceland -- Reykjavik -- Fiction
Avarice -- Fiction
Icelandic fiction -- Translations into English
Reykjavík (Iceland) -- Fiction
Genre: Detective and mystery stories.
Mystery fiction.

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Summary: A man is making a crude leather mask with slits for eyes and mouth, and an iron spike fixed in the middle of the forehead. It is a 'death mask', once used by Icelandic farmers to slaughter calves. He has revenge in mind. Meanwhile, with Detective Erlendur absent, his colleague Sigurdur Óli is in the spotlight.

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