Into Oblivion

Name: Into Oblivion
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Arnaldur Indriđason
ISBN: 9781490673912

Author: Arnaldur Indriđason, Victoria Cribb

Series: Inspector Erlendur #11

Narrator: George Guidall

Unabridged: 8 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 02/09/2016

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Police Procedural, International Crime & Mystery, Suspense & Thriller, Noir

Synopsis

Into Oblivion, the follow-up to the gritty prequel Reykjavík Nights, gives devoted fans another glimpse of Erlendur in his early days as a young, budding detective. It's 1979. A woman swims in a remote, milky-blue lagoon. Steam rises from the water and as it clears, a body is revealed in the ghostly light. Miles away, a vast aircraft hangar rises behind the perimeter fence of the US military base. A sickening thud is heard as a man's body falls from a high platform. Many years before, a schoolgirl went missing. The world has forgotten her. But Erlendur has not. Erlendur is a newly promoted detective. He is only starting out, but he is already deeply involved in his work. The writer whose work The New York Times describes as "having the sweep and consequence of epic storytelling," has outdone himself in this multi-layered and masterful suspense story. "Indriđason is a master at weaving big-picture commentary into taut, realistic police procedurals, and he scores another victory with this examination of the Cold War’s impact in Iceland."—Booklist on Into Oblivion

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sue on April 06, 2016

This latest of the Inspector Erlendur series (in the order of English translation) is another step in tracing Erlendur's development as a young policeman. Here, in 1979, a few years after Reykjavík Nights: Murder in Reykjavík, he is a detective. He is already -- or perhaps better, is still -- the br......more

Goodreads review by Mosco on February 19, 2018

a tutti gli Indridasoniani: Marion è femmina*. Almeno, in questo libro. :-D Sarebbe carino decidersi, no? Per il resto, niente da segnalare. Il solito giallo alla Indridason (anzi, gialli, sono due che corrono paralleli), i personaggi che sembra di conoscere personalmente da sempre e ai quali siamo t......more

Goodreads review by Amos on October 28, 2023

The first of this prequel series to truly feel like an organic part of the original. 4 Character Revealing Stars......more

Goodreads review by Bibliovoracious on June 05, 2018

Love it! I know the pattern enough to recognize the moment he mentions the girl that the decades-old cold case is the mystery Erlendur will really go after. It's even referenced in a later book (that was written earlier), because Arnaldur Indriðason rolls like that- writing the Erlendur books out of......more

Goodreads review by Kathy on July 05, 2018

Note to self: Avoid further Erlendur books and maybe try another Wartime Mystery instead. Erlendur books are very, very, very slow with zero wit. Sleepwalking comes to mind. Maybe I highlighted a few halting passages. If so, will make public. Never mind. Funnily enough, all the highlights I made whil......more