Thin Ice: A chilling and atmospheric Icelandic crime thriller full of twists
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'An insightful and clever read. Smooth, slick, and cold with escalating tension to keep you turning the pages. A perfect read for Icelandic crime fans and fans of smart crime' - Amazon reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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Imagine being snowed in with a couple of psychopaths for the winter . . .
When two small-time crooks rob Reykjavik's premier drugs dealer, hoping for a quick escape to the sun, their plans start to unravel after their getaway driver fails to show. Tensions mount between the pair and the two women they take hostage when they find themselves holed up in an isolated hotel.
Back in Iceland's capital, Sergeant Gunnhildur 'Gunna' Gísladóttir finds herself at a dead end investigating what appears to be two unrelated cases: the disappearance of a mother and daughter, and the death of a thief in a house fire.
Supported as ever by a crack team, Gunna sets about quizzing multiple persons of interest . . . and it emerges that all these unrelated incidents are, connected.
Meanwhile, two increasingly desperate lowlifes have no choice but to make some big decisions about how to get rid of their accidental hostages . . .
The fifth gripping and atmospheric thriller in Quentin Bates's Icelandic crime series. A dark 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 Thin Ice!
'Such a good addition to the Gunnhildur series. Great story, atmosphere, characters and wit. For once I was rooting for the bad guy!' - Amazon reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'An insightful and clever read. Smooth, slick, and cold with escalating tension to keep you turning the pages. A perfect read for Icelandic crime fans and fans of smart crime' - Amazon reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'This has everything I love about this series . . . Bates at his very best' - Amazon reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'A really good read and an exciting ending. Quentin Bates never disappoints' - Amazon reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Great characters, clues, scenery, dialogue, and Gunna . . . Pacing and twists increase the tension, this reader is hooked' - Amazon reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Icelandic noir in English . . . this author's work is a delight to read and I like Thin Ice the best - so far!' - Amazon reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'The characterisation and storylines in the novels are fantastic. You can just see Gunnhilder in front of you. I am passing them on to a friend who is equally hooked!' - Amazon reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Masterful twist at the end'- Amazon reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Keep them coming, Quentin!'- Amazon reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Warm, slightly bumbling, always believable, characters and quirky plots with an uplift of humour. I love these books - and Gunna!'- Amazon reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Excellent . . . a gripping yarn with excellent graphic location and character descriptions. Fast paced with a good finale' - Amazon reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'I just love his books . . . a non-stop read I could not put down' - Amazon reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'I was hooked from start to finish . . . More please, Mr. Bates'- 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.
