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It is a few days before Christmas and Reykjavik doorman and occasional Santa Claus, Gudlauger has been found stabbed to death in his room in a sexually compromising position. The hotel manager is determined to keep the murder from his guests but Detective Elendur quickyly discovers that the placidly affluent appearance of the hotel covers a multitude of sins. It soon becomes apparent that both staff and guests have something to hide, but it is the dead man who has the most shocking secret: many years previously he was the most famous child singer in the country. It is this brush with stardom that has led to his death? Or is the murder a family matter, concerning the victim's estranged father and sister.

I am really enjoying this series. In a way it's the usual detective with family problems but I feel the murders have much more of a story to them. This one kept me guessing. They kept suggesting plausible murderers and I kept believing them.

Taking to the Old Gang Meetup.

Picked up at meetup - thank you for saving this for me!

Voices by Arnaldur Indridson - OK

Another themed read for December.

It's the run up to Christmas and a hotel Santa Claus is found stabbed to death in his basement room...but it soon becomes much more than that. There's shady goings on in the hotel, lots of lies being told as people cover themselves, but are they lying because they are implicated in the murder or because they are involved in the other illegalities?

Detective Erlendur is back to investigate whilst still haunted by events in his own childhood and his current problems with his daughter.

I'm not sure if this wasn't as good as the previous book or whether the translation was off kilter (it felt clunky), but whilst I read this quickly, there was 'something' missing. I don't have the next in the series. Not sure if I'll hunt it down or leave it to fate: if I come across it, I may read it, I may not. Who knows

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Although this book is registered at www.bookcrossing.com, you don't have to be a member. It's perfectly OK to just take the book and enjoy it. Of course, if you can visit the website and let us know that you've picked it up, that would be even better - you don't even have to join, you can add your comments anonymously - you can also post your review when you've read it, then return it or pass it on to someone else.

If you do join Bookcrossing, you'll be able to see what happens to it afterwards - for ever!