The Girl by the Bridge - (Detective Konrad) by Arnaldur Indridason (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

18 million copies sold worldwide!

An elderly couple are worried about their granddaughter. They know she's been smuggling drugs, and now she's gone missing. Looking for help, they turn to Konrad, a former policeman whose reputation precedes him.

Always absent-minded, he constantly ruminates on the fate of his father, who was stabbed to death decades ago. But digging into the past reveals much more than anyone set out to discover, and a little girl who drowned in the Reykjavik city pond unexpectedly captures everyone's attention.

A brilliant, chilling tale of broken dreams and children who have nowhere to turn.

Review Quotes

"Short, crisply written chapters move the action briskly along while keeping all the seemingly disparate pieces of the puzzle in the mix. Veteran Indridason weaves all these eerie elements together masterfully. Superb crime fiction from an acclaimed virtuoso." - Kirkus Reviews

"Indridason's storytelling flows as smoothly as ever here, and Konrád, introduced in The Darkness Knows (2021) establishes himself as a compelling truth-seeker." - Booklist

"An unnerving story of old crimes and their enduring reverberations, [with] a powerful and well-earned denouement. This a treat for fans of brainy, complex mysteries." - Publisher's Weekly

"What affected me most was the rueful tenderness of Indridason's prose.... Indridason's signature melancholy still wafts through the novel." - New York Times Book Review

"An outstanding work, an uncanny tale of evils past and present" - The Wall Street Journal

About the Author

ARNALDUR INDRIDASON worked for many years as a journalist and critic before he began writing novels. His books have since sold over eighteen million copies world-wide. He won the CWA Gold Dagger for Silence of the Grave and is the only author to win the Glass Key Award for Best Nordic Crime Novel two years in a row, for Jar City and Silence of the Grave. The Shadow District--the first of the Flovent and Thorson Thrillers--won the Premio RBA de Novela Negra, the world's most lucrative crime fiction prize.