Black skies

By Arnaldur Indriðason

Subjects: Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural, Fiction, Iceland, fiction, Erlendur Sveinsson (Fictitious character)

Description: 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.