Voices by Arnaldur Indri?ason

Detective Inspector Erlendur Sveinsson knows that Iceland has changed. Crimes have become more vicious and more brutal. That knowledge, though, does not adequately prepare him for what he finds at the crime scene in one of Iceland’s largest and most prestigious hotels.

A man dressed in a Santa Claus suit has been murdered.

The Minotaur by Barbara Vine
Shaye Areheart, March 2006
ISBN 0-307-23760-5
Hardcover

The irrepressibly prolific and consistently impressive writer Barbara Vine (a.k.a. Ruth Rendell)—“the best mystery writer in the English-speaking world” (Time) and “a writer who is at the height of her powers” (Daily Mail)—has now given readers one of her most disturbing and provocative mysteries, The Minotaur.

First, let us consider the name that serves as the title of Barbara Vine’s mesmerizing novel: The Minotaur of ancient Greek mythology, as readers will recall, was an unpleasant creature with a bull’s head and man’s body.