She is miserable and trying to stay straight and clean of drugs, but it seems to be a losing battle. We again meet his daughter, Eva Lind, who survived the trauma she suffered in the last book when she lost her baby and almost died herself. He blames himself and cannot forgive himself and it makes him angry and unable to relate to other people. He is haunted by the death of his eight-year-old brother in a blizzard when he (Erlendur) was ten. Inspector Erlendur mopes and dwells upon the dark side of life. Indeed, the recurring characters all seem to have reached a point of stasis. I was interested to continue with the series and see how it develops, but this third book in the series to be translated into English did not show much development at all. I've read two earlier books in Indriðason's Inspector Erlendur of Reykjavik series and found them intriguing, if uneven.
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