# The Draining Lake

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- Authors: [Arnaldur Indridason](https://www.bookquiver.com/arnaldur-indridason)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2010-10-07

## Description

A REYKJAVIK MURDER MYSTERY. A skeleton is found half-buried in a dried out lake. The bones have been weighed down with an old radio transmitter: is this a clue to the victim, and the killer's identity? Detective Erlendur is called in to investigate and discovers that there may be a connection with a group of students who were sent to study in East Germany during the Cold War, and with a young man who walked out of his family home one day, never to return. As the mystery deepens, Erlendur and his team must unravel a story of international espionage, murder and betrayal.

## Editions

### The Draining Lake

- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-00-9954-221-6
- Pages: 384
- Published: 2010-10-07
- Language: en_GB