Summary

In Chapter 6, the police locate and search Holberg’s lorry for clues. They find nothing but a number of pornographic magazines. Meanwhile, the forensics team examines the photograph of the grave and finds that it is printed on a type of paper commonly used in the 1960s and appears to have been developed by an amateur. The epitaph is difficult to read, but is being analyzed by the team.

Erlendur looks into the death certificate and finds that Audur’s mother’s name was Kolbrún and that Audur died from a brain tumor. Her mother committed suicide three years later.

In Chapter 7, Erlendur goes to visit Viggó, the groom whose bride ran away. Viggó says that he knows everyone thinks it’s his fault she left, but that he didn’t do anything. Viggó is unaware of the message left on the...