A murder opens up a bleak trail of long buried secrets and small town corruption for a worn out police detective and his squad.
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Ingvar E. Sigurðsson
Erlendur
Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir
Eva Lind
Björn Hlynur Haraldsson
Sigurður Óli
Ólafía Hrönn Jónsdóttir
Elínborg
Atli Rafn Sigurðsson
Örn
Kristbjörg Kjeld
Katrín
Þorsteinn Gunnarsson
Holberg Jónsson
Theodór Júlíusson
Elliði
Þórunn Magnea Magnúsdóttir
Elín
Guðmunda Elíasdóttir
Theodóra
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