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Vintage. c2011. Original 2008)
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When Detective Erlender places her in charge during his leave of absence, Elinborg tackles a disturbing serial rapist case that has the local police racing against time to prevent another attack.
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OUTRAGE is a classic crime novel, in the sense that it tells a story independent of modern technology and gimmicks. It's also a traditional police procedural. Both these elements provide the reader with an excellent experience, and I think result in a book that is likely to stand the test of
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time.....I recommend it very highly indeed as a solid, unfussy and highly compelling account of the consequences of crimes on the minutiae of the lives of families and friends of the victims. Show Less
That rugged Icelandic glacier, Detective Erlendur, is away from Reykjavik and a disturbing case is handled by his female sidekick, Elinborg. The female perspective creates a different kind of novel from those built around Arnaldur Indridason's withdrawn and isolated loner. Here we have a detective
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worrying about her family while handling with sensitivity the victims of a serial rapist who drugged his victims with Rohypnol......I felt a bit disappointed that this most chilly of Nordic writers has decided to go touchy-feely to an almost parodic extent. Just because Elinborg is a woman doesn't mean she has to be multi-tasking and empathising. I missed the laconic impenetrability of Erlendur, though in this story we occasionally glimpse him in the distance, giving hope that he will soon be back - grumping his way through the floes and geysers. Show Less
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LibraryThing member lit_chick
“Nobody took any notice of them in the bar, nor when they left a little over an hour later and headed back to his place, taking deserted side streets. By then the drug was working. He had offered her another margarita, and as he’d returned from the bar with her third drink he’d slid his hand
… predictably, when they arrive at his place, and he gets her inside, she gives him no trouble. Two days later, the Criminal Investigation Department is called to the scene at the house in Thingholt. Most unpredictably, when Elinborg, the first of Erlendur’s Department on site, gets to the scene, it is the murdered body of a man approximately thirty years old which she discovers. And his toxicology report reveals that his body contains the date rape drug, Rohypnol – a lot of it. Also at the scene is evidence of a sexual assault and an expensive woman’s cashmere shawl, smelling of Tandoori cuisine. The deceased, Runolfur, was a telecoms engineer: fit, good looking, well liked by colleagues, and often out in the field installing broadband internet. This last disclosure leads Elinborg to wonder whether there have been other women; and if so, how many? and when? Erlendur is away on a rare leave, having finally decided to visit his childhood home, the place where his brother was lost to him. And Sigurdur Oli is on another case, all of which means Elinborg is going to be a very busy detective.
I’m almost through Indridason’s Reykjavik series: only one more to go. I’m going to miss his writing, his characters, and his storytelling. He has become my favourite Scandi-crime author, after having discovered the inimitable Larssons some years ago.
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into his jacket pocket to palm the pill and slipped it into her glass. They were getting along fine, and he was sure she would give him no trouble.” (Ch 1)… predictably, when they arrive at his place, and he gets her inside, she gives him no trouble. Two days later, the Criminal Investigation Department is called to the scene at the house in Thingholt. Most unpredictably, when Elinborg, the first of Erlendur’s Department on site, gets to the scene, it is the murdered body of a man approximately thirty years old which she discovers. And his toxicology report reveals that his body contains the date rape drug, Rohypnol – a lot of it. Also at the scene is evidence of a sexual assault and an expensive woman’s cashmere shawl, smelling of Tandoori cuisine. The deceased, Runolfur, was a telecoms engineer: fit, good looking, well liked by colleagues, and often out in the field installing broadband internet. This last disclosure leads Elinborg to wonder whether there have been other women; and if so, how many? and when? Erlendur is away on a rare leave, having finally decided to visit his childhood home, the place where his brother was lost to him. And Sigurdur Oli is on another case, all of which means Elinborg is going to be a very busy detective.
I’m almost through Indridason’s Reykjavik series: only one more to go. I’m going to miss his writing, his characters, and his storytelling. He has become my favourite Scandi-crime author, after having discovered the inimitable Larssons some years ago.
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LibraryThing member Schatje
A young man is found dead in his apartment, lying in a pool of blood. Two articles of wome
n's clothing are found, and the victim had Rohypnol in his possession.
Readers familiar with the Reykjavik mysteries expect Detective Erlendur to arrive on the scene and take charge of the investigation;
Elinborg appears in the previous books, but as a secondary character. Here she leads the investigation while also juggling family obligations. She proves to be calm, determined, and intelligent. Having her personality, family life, and interests fleshed out adds to the book's interest.
I was, however, disappointed that at one point she believes two suspects are guilty when they clearly are not. The title is too obvious a clue since it reveals the motivation for the murder, although the identity of the killer is not.
Although Elinborg proves to be a competent investigator and interesting character, I missed Erlendur. His absence comes to have increasingly unsettling overtones. Presumably the next book in the series will address that mystery.
n's clothing are found, and the victim had Rohypnol in his possession.
Readers familiar with the Reykjavik mysteries expect Detective Erlendur to arrive on the scene and take charge of the investigation;
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however, Erlendur is away in the fjords of eastern Iceland, so Detective Elinborg takes charge. Elinborg appears in the previous books, but as a secondary character. Here she leads the investigation while also juggling family obligations. She proves to be calm, determined, and intelligent. Having her personality, family life, and interests fleshed out adds to the book's interest.
I was, however, disappointed that at one point she believes two suspects are guilty when they clearly are not. The title is too obvious a clue since it reveals the motivation for the murder, although the identity of the killer is not.
Although Elinborg proves to be a competent investigator and interesting character, I missed Erlendur. His absence comes to have increasingly unsettling overtones. Presumably the next book in the series will address that mystery.
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LibraryThing member smik
Although OUTRAGE is the 7th title in the Erlendur series to be translated into English it could quite easily be read initially as a stand alone. Hopefully the reader will enjoy this one enough to track down some of the earlier titles.
I've referred to the books as the Erlendur series because the
So when the dead body in the flat in the fashionable Thingholt district is called in, Detective Elinborg is on duty and she calls the team to the crime scene. We, the readers, have met Elinborg in earlier novels, and know her as hard working, meticulous, conscientious. OUTRAGE gives us a chance to get better acquainted with her. Elinborg tries to keep her home life and her work life separate, refuses to discuss the cases she is working on with her husband and children, but this does result in a form of alienation between her and her eldest son. Elinborg works incredibly long hours and leaves much of the home management of their three children to her husband Teddi who is a mechanic.
What we learn from this novel is that sometimes people, particularly women, will talk to Elinborg particularly because she is a woman. This particular case involves a man who uses a date rape drug on his victims and when they learn this it colours women's attitudes to giving information.
Indridason uses an interesting hook for this novel. In the opening chapter Runolfur, the murder victim, is off to a bar with the Rohypnol in his pocket. He picks up a woman to take back to his flat. Later he is found dead on the floor of his flat, his throat cut, wearing the t-shirt we last saw on his female victim. It sent me scurrying off to read the first part of the chapter again. And of course we now want to know what happened.
I didn't feel OUTRAGE had the flair of earlier novels in the series, but is nevertheless still a very acceptable police procedural. It does also explore a number of contemporary issues: the pain that occurs when children leave home, the growing urbanisation of Iceland and the social dislocation that can occur, and how life in Iceland has changed in the last part of the twentieth century.
I've referred to the books as the Erlendur series because the
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novels usually focus on a rather grumpy old-fashioned detective by that name. In OUTRAGE though he has recently wound up a very demanding case and has taken an unscheduled leave. Not even those closest to him know where he has gone.So when the dead body in the flat in the fashionable Thingholt district is called in, Detective Elinborg is on duty and she calls the team to the crime scene. We, the readers, have met Elinborg in earlier novels, and know her as hard working, meticulous, conscientious. OUTRAGE gives us a chance to get better acquainted with her. Elinborg tries to keep her home life and her work life separate, refuses to discuss the cases she is working on with her husband and children, but this does result in a form of alienation between her and her eldest son. Elinborg works incredibly long hours and leaves much of the home management of their three children to her husband Teddi who is a mechanic.
What we learn from this novel is that sometimes people, particularly women, will talk to Elinborg particularly because she is a woman. This particular case involves a man who uses a date rape drug on his victims and when they learn this it colours women's attitudes to giving information.
Indridason uses an interesting hook for this novel. In the opening chapter Runolfur, the murder victim, is off to a bar with the Rohypnol in his pocket. He picks up a woman to take back to his flat. Later he is found dead on the floor of his flat, his throat cut, wearing the t-shirt we last saw on his female victim. It sent me scurrying off to read the first part of the chapter again. And of course we now want to know what happened.
I didn't feel OUTRAGE had the flair of earlier novels in the series, but is nevertheless still a very acceptable police procedural. It does also explore a number of contemporary issues: the pain that occurs when children leave home, the growing urbanisation of Iceland and the social dislocation that can occur, and how life in Iceland has changed in the last part of the twentieth century.
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LibraryThing member maneekuhi
Another good book by Indridason, in the Erlendur series, but the old cop is not central to this story. The protagonist is Elinborg, one of E's cops, also a Mom, whose difficulties raising 3 kids, particularly the 16 year old boy, rival her task of finding a murderer. The set-up is classic, but
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doesn't unfold the way you would expect. A 30 year old guy picks up a single woman in a bar, retrieves drinks for them from the bartender while fingering the Rohypnol (date-rape drug)in his pocket, and later escorts the woman to his place. Then comes quite a twist, upfront in the story, not in the usual last 50 pages. The story has a lot to do with rape, Iceland's view of it, and its handling of offenders, it's impact on its victims including the victim's family. But because it is an Indridasson book, there are additional layers like communicating with your teenage kids, dealing with a blogger family member who is telling all the family's little secrets on-line, etc. This is a short book, 281 pages. Where's E? Already looking forward to the next, number eight in this remarkably quality-consistent series. Show Less
LibraryThing member bfister
Another good entry in the series, but this time the investigation is led by Elinborg rather than Erlendur, the usual lead character. She has to find out who slit the throat of a man who has quantities of a date rape drug in his possession. One thing I like about this series is that (following
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Chandler's advice) murder is committed for a reason, and delving into the lives of victims is a way of reconstructing that reason, but also a way of seeing social interactions and the ways a person's past informs who they are. Though I missed Erlandur, Elinborg's family life provides a nice counterpart to the investigation. Even though she doesn't have children as messed up as Erlendur's, they give her plenty to worry about. Show Less
LibraryThing member austcrimefiction
When an author switches viewpoint in a long-running, popular series there's always a risk that some readers will be disappointed. Personally I find it can be one of the more satisfying uses of an ensemble cast, as was the case in OUTRAGE. Icelandic author Arnaldur Indridason has switched the
Erlendur is around, more by way of reference than physically, as he appears to have headed off to the East Fjords, where he lived as a young boy. Given his fractured family it's possibly not surprising that he's dropped off the radar, although there is something at the end of the book that may intrigue some readers. Sigurdur Oli is present in this book, but in a low-key way.
Elinborg is investigating the discovery of the body of a young man, throat slashed, lying on the floor of his own home. Whilst the woman's shawl found in the apartment makes sense as a possible clue, it's a lingering smell that tweaks Elinborg's interest. Readers of earlier books will know that Elinborg is particularly known for her cooking, and it's that private passion that makes that smell something that she can work with.
This book is really doing what often happens in a debut, introducing and expanding on a central protagonist. In earlier books Elinborg has been very much a bit player, so OUTRAGE really gives readers a chance to get to know more about another member of Erlunder's team. The downside of that is that the plot of the book does take a while to get going, although once underway, it's actually quite clever. And uses some interesting cultural perspectives along the way.
There's an ongoing thread in all of Indridason's books about the nature of family, parental guilt and the difficulties with balancing personal lives and work commitments. Earlier books have taken readers into the relationship that Erlendur struggles to maintain with his own children, and the death of his brother when they were both children and the impact that has on his every day life. This book looks at Elinborg's own difficulties balancing the roles of wife, mother and police detective. The case revolves around family as well - the family of the victim, as well as the family of the perpetrator all play a part. Particularly interesting for this reader was the subtle comparison between the young teenage son of Elinborg and his relationship with his mother, and the very different teenage boy and his different relationship with his own mother in the earlier life of the murder victim. As always this mix of the personal and the professional creates the opportunity for readers to find some way of connecting with these characters, and, as with the early Erlendur books there's a great feeling of place, and culture built into OUTRAGE.
Despite the different viewpoint, and despite the plot of the book taking a while to move into focus, OUTRAGE really is another excellent, atmospheric, intricate and fascinating book.
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viewpoint away from his normal main character Erlendur, to one of the lesser characters in the earlier books - Detective Elinborg. Erlendur is around, more by way of reference than physically, as he appears to have headed off to the East Fjords, where he lived as a young boy. Given his fractured family it's possibly not surprising that he's dropped off the radar, although there is something at the end of the book that may intrigue some readers. Sigurdur Oli is present in this book, but in a low-key way.
Elinborg is investigating the discovery of the body of a young man, throat slashed, lying on the floor of his own home. Whilst the woman's shawl found in the apartment makes sense as a possible clue, it's a lingering smell that tweaks Elinborg's interest. Readers of earlier books will know that Elinborg is particularly known for her cooking, and it's that private passion that makes that smell something that she can work with.
This book is really doing what often happens in a debut, introducing and expanding on a central protagonist. In earlier books Elinborg has been very much a bit player, so OUTRAGE really gives readers a chance to get to know more about another member of Erlunder's team. The downside of that is that the plot of the book does take a while to get going, although once underway, it's actually quite clever. And uses some interesting cultural perspectives along the way.
There's an ongoing thread in all of Indridason's books about the nature of family, parental guilt and the difficulties with balancing personal lives and work commitments. Earlier books have taken readers into the relationship that Erlendur struggles to maintain with his own children, and the death of his brother when they were both children and the impact that has on his every day life. This book looks at Elinborg's own difficulties balancing the roles of wife, mother and police detective. The case revolves around family as well - the family of the victim, as well as the family of the perpetrator all play a part. Particularly interesting for this reader was the subtle comparison between the young teenage son of Elinborg and his relationship with his mother, and the very different teenage boy and his different relationship with his own mother in the earlier life of the murder victim. As always this mix of the personal and the professional creates the opportunity for readers to find some way of connecting with these characters, and, as with the early Erlendur books there's a great feeling of place, and culture built into OUTRAGE.
Despite the different viewpoint, and despite the plot of the book taking a while to move into focus, OUTRAGE really is another excellent, atmospheric, intricate and fascinating book.
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LibraryThing member Kingray
Slow begining, great ending
LibraryThing member whirled
Outrage turned out to be one of my favourite Reykjavik mysteries, even though series star Erlender remains incommunicado in the East Fjords throughout. Taking centrestage this time around is one of his sidekicks, Elinborg, a detective frantically juggling her personal and professional
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responsibilities in a manner many women will recognise. The action begins with a young man dead and squeezed into a woman's tight t-shirt. I actually thought I had this mystery pegged quite early on, but of course the truth of this tale turned out to be a good deal more complex than it at first appears. Outrage is another excellent installment in a very consistent series of crime novels. Show Less
LibraryThing member Mijk
I enjoyed this largely because I recognised many of the places in the novel, and it is a highly interesting plot. For real crime-genre buffs there are immense holes in the plot, implausible connections and no doubt other flaws, but I don't care. And it is formulaic of a discrete sector of a culture
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industry in which Scadinavians have rather implausibly carved out a lucrative niche market. I don't know the murder rate in Iceland, but i suspect there are more murders in their crime fiction per year that actually happen in real life. If you read crime thrillers looking for the perfect plot according to some rules of the genre,or for enlightenment, don't read this (in fact, stop reading crime finction and read something else - you are in a rut!). But if you read them for entertainment, this will hold you gripped well enough. Some parts of it may be a bit daft, but so is real life. If you want to get a taste of modern Iceland that's an antidote to the Sigur Ros-soundaliketracked marketing and actually enagages a bit with local culture, watch the move made of an earlier novel by this author: Jar City, an amazingly well-filmed screen adaptation - it's ART. Show Less
LibraryThing member callmecayce
I read a lot of Scandinavian mysteries and Indridason is becoming one of my favorite authors. His previous title, Hypothermia was one of my absolute favorites about Erlendur. I was expecting more of the same, but was treated with something even better. Erlendur doesn't appear in this book so much
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as a character himself, but instead it's his presence (or lack there of) that plays an important role. After the events of, Hypothermia, Erlendur has gone missing, no one can get a hold of him (and, hey, I'm not surprised). So, instead of reading about him, we get treated to something so great: an Erlendur novel without Erlendur but with Elinborg. We get to spend time with her and her family, as they're the focus of the book -- along with the mystery itself. I adored this book and I'm eagerly awaiting the next, which will similar, but about Sigurdur Oli. I love this series! Show Less
LibraryThing member jerhogan
Standard Crime Novel from Iceland. You get the sense of cold winter and small-town claustrophobia as well as big-city Reykjavik. This novel doesn't feature Indridadson's usual protagonist Erlendur but does feature his colleagues Elinborg and Sigurdur Oli.
LibraryThing member missizicks
I don't know what to make of this one. I missed Erlendur's presence. It felt less well planned than others in the series, more as though he were making it up as he went along. It felt incomplete somehow. Perhaps hints of stories to come were being laid down, like a novel-length plot development.
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LibraryThing member JohnGrant1
A few years ago I read one of Indriðason's earlier novels, and concluded it was a very good novel hiding behind a lame translation (or, perhaps, a perfectly good translation that had been deprived of necessary copyediting). The experience wasn't such as to tempt me to try again. More recently,
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though, I saw the great movie Mýrin (vt Jar City), based on another of his novels; when I saw Outrage on the shelf I decided to give Indriðason another go. Thank goodness I did!Indriðason's series detective Erlendur is off on a mysterious vacation, so his Reykjavik colleague Erlendur takes on the case of a murdered man who seems to have been using rohypnol in order to rape women first encountered through his job as a communications repairman. In order to solve the case Erlendur must dig back; the origins of this murder lie in a far older crime in a different part of the country. The telling's hypnotic -- most especially in the deliberate, unhurried pacing -- and the central character, a middle-aged mother who, in between breakthroughs, worries about her kids, is very appealing.
There's an annoying quote on the front cover, from USA Today: "Indriðason fills the void that remains after you've read Stieg Larsson's novels." If the reviewer had read a few more "Nordic" crime novels s/he'd know why the remark's so irritating.
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LibraryThing member scuzzy
Icelandic crime, probably not what I ever expected to pick up from the library, but with the wife waiting (im)patiently in the car I pretty ouch grabbed the first thing that looked interesting off the shelf.
And good job.
While trying to get my tongue around some of the Icelandic names (Bjork sounds
The opening surrounds a young bloke in a bar picking up a girl but slipping a drug into her drink. Next scene he is found dead, wearing the girl's shirt and with his pants around his ankles...startling to those investigating, he has consumed the same date-rape drug found in his pockets.
A female officer in charge of the case, Elinborg battles her owns issues with her growing kids and laid back husband while trying to track down what seems like a straightforward suspect. Surely the girl who had sex with this guy is responsible, either wittingly or otherwise in the death that has the attention of the small country.
The story takes you through the countryside, to small towns that have the feel of red-neck USA and provides an insight into the life of one of the world's more remote civilizations and their view of the rest of the world, and themselves.
Date-rape is cannot be the easiest crime to write when one thinks that half of the story (the one drugged) barely has something to say but Indridason does well, although one had to wonder about the continued cooking references which at first seemed to be page fillers rather than part of the plot.
Nevertheless, an easy book to read (and no, your Icelandic will not get any better) and well written plot. The outcome was a little expected, simple for another term, and also had an air of trying to complete a story in quick time rather than better explain motive and the aftermath.
And good job.
While trying to get my tongue around some of the Icelandic names (Bjork sounds
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normal by comparison), and the suspect being figured out in good time, this book is a pretty good read, and by all accounts the guy writes a few of them.The opening surrounds a young bloke in a bar picking up a girl but slipping a drug into her drink. Next scene he is found dead, wearing the girl's shirt and with his pants around his ankles...startling to those investigating, he has consumed the same date-rape drug found in his pockets.
A female officer in charge of the case, Elinborg battles her owns issues with her growing kids and laid back husband while trying to track down what seems like a straightforward suspect. Surely the girl who had sex with this guy is responsible, either wittingly or otherwise in the death that has the attention of the small country.
The story takes you through the countryside, to small towns that have the feel of red-neck USA and provides an insight into the life of one of the world's more remote civilizations and their view of the rest of the world, and themselves.
Date-rape is cannot be the easiest crime to write when one thinks that half of the story (the one drugged) barely has something to say but Indridason does well, although one had to wonder about the continued cooking references which at first seemed to be page fillers rather than part of the plot.
Nevertheless, an easy book to read (and no, your Icelandic will not get any better) and well written plot. The outcome was a little expected, simple for another term, and also had an air of trying to complete a story in quick time rather than better explain motive and the aftermath.
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LibraryThing member Dabble58
Every once an awhile in the midst of the new onslaught of Scandinavian mysteries, you start to wonder how these purportedly peaceful countries survive. Men seem unusually violent, politics are messed around with murder and rape and not just "normal" rape, but horrendously violent assaults. It
That said, a lot of these stories are just plain good.
Among the good ones is "Outrage" by Arnaldur Indridason. The setting here is Iceland, but the people are like people everywhere, bound by traditions and shame, grudges and secrets, love and hatred. The author's description of small seaside towns and the secrets they hold is both intensely creepy and familiar to anyone who has visited a small isolated town where most of the young people have moved away.
Detective Erlendur is human an linked to her long-suffering family, conflicted between her job and her feelings of failure as a parent because of it. Yet she works away, chewing at her various hunches, gradually pulling together a case.
In the end, everything isn't tied up with a tidy bow. That, in itself, makes the book worth reading. Unlike most mysteries, who close the case with a satisfying thump, in this case you see, and feel, the frustrating and persistent nature of police work, where cases overlap into the next one and mysteries pull us on, wanting to read more.
I'll be looking for the next book in the series. I care about these characters and want to see how things progress. And isn't that what we authors hope for?
Definitely an author worth spending time with, though I confess a difficulty with the names...
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becomes a bit like violence porn - reading and seeing these stories for the gruesomeness. I remember watching the "dragon" series during a summer where I was dealing with anger and finding them cathartic in a totally sick way.That said, a lot of these stories are just plain good.
Among the good ones is "Outrage" by Arnaldur Indridason. The setting here is Iceland, but the people are like people everywhere, bound by traditions and shame, grudges and secrets, love and hatred. The author's description of small seaside towns and the secrets they hold is both intensely creepy and familiar to anyone who has visited a small isolated town where most of the young people have moved away.
Detective Erlendur is human an linked to her long-suffering family, conflicted between her job and her feelings of failure as a parent because of it. Yet she works away, chewing at her various hunches, gradually pulling together a case.
In the end, everything isn't tied up with a tidy bow. That, in itself, makes the book worth reading. Unlike most mysteries, who close the case with a satisfying thump, in this case you see, and feel, the frustrating and persistent nature of police work, where cases overlap into the next one and mysteries pull us on, wanting to read more.
I'll be looking for the next book in the series. I care about these characters and want to see how things progress. And isn't that what we authors hope for?
Definitely an author worth spending time with, though I confess a difficulty with the names...
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LibraryThing member vancouverdeb
It's been a while since I've read a book in the Dectective Erlendur Series. Outrage was a wonderful story, and it reminds me of why I read good mysteries. I know some think that mysteries are escapist fare, and perhaps there can be some truth in that belief. Personally, I find that many well
I found this particular book of Indriason's to be especially compelling. While Detective Erelendur is off in the East Fjords of Iceland, female Detective Elinborg looks into case where a man is found murdered in his flat. The man is partially naked and most puzzlingly, he is found to be wearing just a woman's t-shirt . Rohypnol , a date rape drug, is a part of the crime situation, both in a conventional way and also in a most unexpected way.
Indriason handles the crime of rape with insight to the victim and families involved as well as the effect on Detective Elinborg.
I'm impressed by author Indrisaon's ability to write from his usual male perspective as well as his ability to write from a female perspective as he has done in Outrage.
4 enthused stars!
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written mysteries give real insight into the human mind, both that of the police who seek criminals , what creates and drives a criminal, as well as how the victims and their families cope with the emotions created by the commission of a crime . Outrage is that sort of mystery.I found this particular book of Indriason's to be especially compelling. While Detective Erelendur is off in the East Fjords of Iceland, female Detective Elinborg looks into case where a man is found murdered in his flat. The man is partially naked and most puzzlingly, he is found to be wearing just a woman's t-shirt . Rohypnol , a date rape drug, is a part of the crime situation, both in a conventional way and also in a most unexpected way.
Indriason handles the crime of rape with insight to the victim and families involved as well as the effect on Detective Elinborg.
I'm impressed by author Indrisaon's ability to write from his usual male perspective as well as his ability to write from a female perspective as he has done in Outrage.
4 enthused stars!
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LibraryThing member leslie.98
Very good mystery. I enjoyed getting to know Erlendur's subordinate Elinborg better too.
LibraryThing member reader68
Aide memoire: Erlendur does not feature in this one. The crime is solved by Elinborg. A rapist is murdered by a victim's half brother.
LibraryThing member CarltonC
This is the seventh Icelandic Erlendur crime novel and benefits from being read in order.
The series main protagonist until now, Erlendur, is not present in this story as he has gone back East following the events in Hypothermia, although he is referred to several times.
The investigation is carried
The crime investigated in this novel is rape and murder, although this is unsatisfyingly predictable.
The series main protagonist until now, Erlendur, is not present in this story as he has gone back East following the events in Hypothermia, although he is referred to several times.
The investigation is carried
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out by Elinborg, one of the two main supporting detectives in previous novels and provides us with a greater insight into her and her family than previously provided.The crime investigated in this novel is rape and murder, although this is unsatisfyingly predictable.
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LibraryThing member stevebishop
Indridason's usual Reykjavik detective Erlendur is absent in this book, his side kick Eilinborg has to take up the case. She equips herself well. Much of the book is given over to her cooking and her family details.
LibraryThing member TheCrow2
Strange to see that the main character of the previous books are absent and one of his subordinates is in the centre of solving a crime. But if we are able to digest this we'll get a usual good Scandinavian crime story.
LibraryThing member ritaer
A man who apparently used a date rape drug is found murdered. But by whom? Interesting case in that the detective's sense of smell leads to the solution.
LibraryThing member franoscar
Really good.
LibraryThing member Hardboiled
I enjoyed Indridason's choice to feature Elinborg as the central figure in this novel. As usual Indridason did a great job of developing her as the lead detective both from a personal and professional standpoint. As a fan of procedurals I enjoyed the trajectory of the plot and how successful the
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plot points began to intersect. I will admit that this seemed a bit more one dimensional in development compared to many of his other novels; however, it was a very satisfying read. Show Less
LibraryThing member delta61
Excellent story. Well thought out. Enjoyed the new lead character. Hope to see more of her.
Language
Original language
Icelandic
ISBN
9780099549369
Original publication date
2008
2011 [English: Yates]