Dark clouds

Between the villa areas and the popular neighborhoods, "dark clouds" gather filled with greed, suspicion, and crime, where Arnaldur Indriðason excels in weaving human emotions to increase the reader's suspense from page to page. Following a reunion of former classmates, police inspector "Oli" becomes upset with his work in the police force, especially after his relationship has reached rock bottom, and his position in the police department is dangerous. When he causes a service for a friend that results in the death of a woman in front of his eyes, he is entrusted with the investigation of the crime. In the novel, Lina and Epi are partners who indulge in what they should not indulge in. Herriman and his wife, who has a promising political future, engage in pleasures they should not partake in. Patrickor and his wife Suzanna's relationship begins to crack when the husband tells his wife what he should not tell her. Knutor, Arnar, Svierir, and Thorfinnur are partners playing a game they should not be playing. As for Andres, he is exposed in childhood to what children should not be exposed to. A series of events gathers all these characters around the investigator Sigurdur Oli. "Dark Clouds" is a detective novel in which novelist Arnaldur Indriðason skillfully distracts the reader from what they should not see.