THE QUICKA woman swims in a remote, milky-blue lagoon.Steam rises from the water and as it clears, a body is revealed in the ghostly light. THE DEADMiles away, a vast aircraft hangar rises behind the perimeter fence of the US military base.A sickening thud is heard as a man’s body falls from a high platform. THE FORGOTTENMany years before, a schoolgirl went missing.The world has forgotten her. But Erlendur has not. THE SEARCHERErlendur Sveinsson is a newly promoted detective with a battered body, a rogue CIA operative and America’s troublesome presence in Iceland to contend with.In his spare time he investigates a cold case. He is only starting out but he is already up to his neck. 'His novels are gripping, authentic, haunting and lyrical' – Harlan Coben