Table of Contents Title By the Same Author Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Epigraph Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27 Chapter 28 Chapter 29 Chapter 30 ARCTIC CHILL ALSO BY Arnaldur Indridason in English translation Fiction Tainted Blood (first published with the title Jar City) Silence of the Grave Voices The Draining Lake Arnaldur Indridason Arctic Chill TRANSLATED FROM THE ICELANDIC BY Bernard Scudder and Victoria Cribb This eBook is copyright material and must not be copied, reproduced, transferred, distributed, leased, licensed or publicly performed or used in any way except as specifically permitted in writing by the publishers, as allowed under the terms and conditions under which it was purchased or as strictly permitted by applicable copyright law. Any unauthorised distribution or use of this text may be a direct infringement of the author's and publisher's rights and those responsible may be liable in law accordingly. ISBN 9781409078203 Version 1.0 www.randomhouse.co.uk Published by Harvill Secker 2008 First published as Vetrarborgin by Vaka-Helgafell, Reykjavík in 2005 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1 Copyright © Arnaldur Indridason 2005 English translation copyright © Bernard Scudder and Victoria Cribb 2008 Arnaldur Indridason has asserted his right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 to be identified as the author of this work This electronic book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, resold, hired out, or otherwise circulated without the publisher's prior consent in any form other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser First published in Great Britain in 2008 by H S ARVILL ECKER Random House, 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London SW1V 2SA www.rbooks.co.uk Addresses for companies within The Random House Group Limited can be found at: www.randomhouse.co.uk/offices.htm The Random House Group Limited Reg. No. 954009 A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN: 9781409078203 Version 1.0 In memory of Bernard Scudder