Elinborg

From my review: The interplay between the detectives is drolly portrayed, with Sigurdur Oli as smug and rigid as ever - until his own personal happiness is threatened - and Elinborg is obsessed with her cookery book which is being published and publicised in parallel with the investigation.

Reading Maxine 2009

From my review: The interplay between the detectives is drolly portrayed, with Sigurdur Oli as smug and rigid as ever - until his own personal happiness is threatened - and Elinborg is obsessed with her cookery book which is being published and publicised in parallel with the investigation.

Sunday Salon: August reviews Maxine 2008

From my review: The interplay between the detectives is drolly portrayed, with Sigurdur Oli as smug and rigid as ever - until his own personal happiness is threatened - and Elinborg is obsessed with her cookery book which is being published and publicised in parallel with the investigation.

Sunday Salon: August reviews Maxine 2008

From my review: The interplay between the detectives is drolly portrayed, with Sigurdur Oli as smug and rigid as ever - until his own personal happiness is threatened - and Elinborg is obsessed with her cookery book which is being published and publicised in parallel with the investigation.

August 2008 Maxine 2008

Having now become acquainted with the key characters of Erlendur and the junior detectives Elinborg and Sigurdur Oli, I did enjoyed learning a bit more about them but as usual this was deliberately limited, no doubt to reflect the somewhat distant relationships Icelanders have with even those people they work closely with on a daily basis.

Epinions Recent Content for Home 2010

At his blog, Norman notes that "There is a much greater variation in the Nordic novels ranging from Jo Nesbo's almost solitary Harry Hole, Karin Fossum's twosome Sejer and Skarre, K. O.Dahl's Gunnarstranda and Frolich, Arnaldur Indridason's threesome Erlendur, Elinborg and Sigurdur Oli, up to the larger teams of Helene Tursten, Sjowall and Wahloo and Henning Mankell."

Nordic crime in translation Maxine 2008

At his blog, Norman notes that "There is a much greater variation in the Nordic novels ranging from Jo Nesbo's almost solitary Harry Hole, Karin Fossum's twosome Sejer and Skarre, K. O.Dahl's Gunnarstranda and Frolich, Arnaldur Indridason's threesome Erlendur, Elinborg and Sigurdur Oli, up to the larger teams of Helene Tursten, Sjowall and Wahloo and Henning Mankell."

Nordic crime in translation Maxine 2008

At his blog, Norman notes that "There is a much greater variation in the Nordic novels ranging from Jo Nesbo's almost solitary Harry Hole, Karin Fossum's twosome Sejer and Skarre, K. O.Dahl's Gunnarstranda and Frolich, Arnaldur Indridason's threesome Erlendur, Elinborg and Sigurdur Oli, up to the larger teams of Helene Tursten, Sjowall and Wahloo and Henning Mankell."

July 2008 Maxine 2008