Cold Steal: A dark and gripping Icelandic noir thriller
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A housebreaker who leaves no traces and no clues as he strips Reykjavík homes of their valuables has been a thorn in the police's side for months.
But when the thief breaks into the wrong house, the stakes are raised far beyond anything he could have imagined.
Gunnhildur Gísladóttir of the Reykjavík police finds herself frustrated at every turn as she searches for a victim who has vanished from the scene of the crime, and wonders if it could be linked to the murders of two businessmen with dubious reputations that her bosses are warning her to keep clear of.
The fourth dark and atmospheric thriller in Quentin Bates's Icelandic crime series. A chilling page-turner perfect for fans of Jo Nesbo, Henning Mankell and Søren Sveistrup's The Chestnut Man.
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Readers are raving about Cold Steal!
'I was just blown away . . . I just loved getting to know the characters, Gunna's dry wit, the cliffhangers, the pace of the story, everything!' - Amazon reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
A blockbuster of a tale of convoluted, challenging detective work . . . Love the characters, love the pace . . . If you don't know Gunna already, get to know her - read the lot 😀' - Amazon reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Worth reading for the very last page alone because there is a terrific twist at the finish. . . Quentin Bates can write . . . All in all, a wonderful piece of work' - Amazon reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Good plot, plenty of mystery, and humour, what more could you ask!' - Amazon reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Another great Gunnhildur novel. A complex, well-woven tale that sees Gunna get one over on her arch enemy Saeveldur . . . Cold Steal is definitely recommended' - Amazon reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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About the author
Quentin Bates made his escape from suburbia at the end of the seventies as a gap year turned into a gap decade spent in the north of Iceland. He worked ashore and at sea before returning to England and, once finally ashore for good, drifted by accident into journalism.
Finally the lure of fiction became too strong to resist. Sergeant Gunnhildur and the series of novels she features in have their origins in a deep affection for Iceland and its people, and an intimate knowledge of Icelandic society and its language, customs and quirks.
Today he divides his time between the north of Iceland and the south of England, translating books from Icelandic in addition to working on his own fiction.
