Review: The Draining Lake by Arnaldur Indridason

Today, in January Magazine’s crime fiction section, contributing editor Ali Karim reviews The Draining Lake by Arnaldur Indridason. Says Karim:

Structurally and thematically, The Draining Lake bears a resemblance to Peter Robinson’s award-winning 1999 novel, In a Dry Season -- at least insofar as it alternates between a back story that relates to the murder, and the present-day investigation. The obvious difference between these works is that Robinson’s back story was set firmly in World War II, while Indridason’s has its feet in the later Cold War. Both novels do, however, share a similar style of conclusion, with the solution to the crime being delivered only late in the game, and far from what the reader might have anticipated.

The full review is here.