Overview

Following her promotion and working now from Reykjavik, Gunnhildur is given responsibility for two cases - the first in tracking down an escaped convict who's keen to settle old scores, and the other, the murder of a TV fitness presenter in her city centre apartment. With the police short staffed and underfunded following the financial crash, Gunnhildur and her team set about delving into the backgrounds of both, where they uncover some unwelcome secrets and some influential friends of both who have no wish to be in the public eye. Set in an Iceland that is coming to terms with the deepening recession, Gunnhildur has to take stock of the whirlwind changes that have taken place as she investigates criminals at opposite ends of the social scale as some uncomfortable links appear between the two cases. Praise for Frozen Out : A meticulously constructed thriller, peopled with exceptionally convincing characters and shot through with black humour. Frozen Out is as chilling as an Icelandic winter . (S.J. Bolton). [A] crackling fiction debut ...palpable authenticity . ( Publishers Weekly ). British author Bates captures the chilly spirit of Nordic crime fiction in what is the apparent start of a promising series with a distinctly appealing protagonist. Fans of Arnaldur Indridason's Reykjavik mysteries will want to add Bates to their reading lists . ( Booklist). Gunna is an admirable protagonist: sensible, intelligent and determined...I thoroughly enjoyed this novel and can recommend it very highly as a flying start to what seems to be shaping up to be a superb new series . ( Eurocrime ). Well written and absorbing . ( Women's Voice ). ...compelling fast paced stuff that never falters . (Hackwriters.com). ...his blistering debut reads more like an American procedural than the British product, right down to a denouement as acridly unsatisfying as today's headlines . ( Kirkus Reviews ).

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Author:   Quentin Bates
Publisher:   Constable and Robinson
Imprint:   Robinson Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 13.00cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 19.70cm
Weight:   0.251kg
ISBN:  

9781849013611

ISBN 10:   1849013616
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   15 March 2012
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Required reading for anyone who wants a sense of how calamitious Iceland's meltdown was--and what just might be in store for American police procedurals next. -- Kirkus Reviews <br> Cold Comfort introduces some very interesting characters and develops the setting and stories of Gunna's environment in positive ways, leading me to look forward to the next Gunnhildur book with anticipation. --International Noir Fiction<br>Praise for Frozen Assets <br><br> Excellent debut.... Bates does a fine job with both Gunna and her town, her acerbic boss and an online blogger who keeps us abreast of events in Icelandic media and politics. -- Toronto Globe and Mail <br><br> [A] crackling fiction debut ... palpable authenticity. -- Publishers Weekly<br><br> In Gunna Gisladottir, Quentin Bates has created a character who appeals both on professional and personal levels. -- Examiner.com <br><br> The author has used the financial disarray of Iceland quite successfully in the plotting of this book. Money is power and power is so often the root of crime, and so it is in Cold Comfort.... Gunna is a tough as nails, take no hostages type cop. She throws herself into each investigation pushing the subject in the interview room until she gets what she wants. --Bestsellersworld.com, Mysteries Galore

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Although born in the UK in 1962, through a series of coincidences Quentin Bates found himself working in Iceland in his gap year. The gap year then became 10 years, during which time he managed to get himself married, produce a family, and generally go native in Iceland. The family then moved back to the UK in 1990 where Quentin became a full-time journalist on a commercial fishing magazine.

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