barbara fister reviewed The Darkness Knows by Arnaldur Indridason
Review of 'The Darkness Knows' on 'LibraryThing'
A body is found exposed on a glacier in Iceland, resurrecting a (literally) cold case. A retired cop, still bothered by that murder case, is asked to visit a man who has always insisted on his innocence, but who is also a compulsive liar, which doesn't help his case. When a woman asks the former detective to find out who killed her brother in a hit and run, a connection between the two deaths slowly emerges. returnreturnAnd I mean slowly. I'm a great fan of Arnaldur's books but this one didn't draw me in as the others did. Konrad, the retired detective, is as gloomy as Erlander but without a team of detectives to lighten things up and provide some contrast. The mystery itself didn't have the social roots that made many of the Erlander series engaging, or the narrative brio (such as the two timelines in Silence of the …
A body is found exposed on a glacier in Iceland, resurrecting a (literally) cold case. A retired cop, still bothered by that murder case, is asked to visit a man who has always insisted on his innocence, but who is also a compulsive liar, which doesn't help his case. When a woman asks the former detective to find out who killed her brother in a hit and run, a connection between the two deaths slowly emerges. returnreturnAnd I mean slowly. I'm a great fan of Arnaldur's books but this one didn't draw me in as the others did. Konrad, the retired detective, is as gloomy as Erlander but without a team of detectives to lighten things up and provide some contrast. The mystery itself didn't have the social roots that made many of the Erlander series engaging, or the narrative brio (such as the two timelines in Silence of the Grave). The pace picked up toward the end, but overall I found myself disappointed, perhaps because my expectations for this author are high.
