Frozen Out

‘Nordic crime drama at its best!’ – Amazon reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘It was galloping along at a rate of knots, I couldn’t put it down’ – Amazon reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘As chilling as an Icelandic winter’ – Sharon Bolton

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The discovery of a corpse washed up on a beach in an Icelandic backwater sparks a series of events that propels Sergeant Gunnhildur Gísladóttir into deep waters . . .

Although under pressure to deal with the matter quickly, she is suspicious that the man’s death was no accident.

The case takes Gunnhildur away from her village and into a cosmopolitan world of shady deals, government corruption and violence. She finds herself alone and less than welcome in this hostile environment as she tries to find out who it was that made sure the young man drowned on a dark night one hundred kilometres from where he should have been – and why.

The first chilling 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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Praise for Frozen Out:

‘I was totally and utterly absorbed by this . . . Go and get it!’ – Amazon reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Brilliant!’ – Amazon reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Absolutely the best Scandinavia noir I’ve read for ages. Wonderful, realistic, warm characters. I loved Gunna, and Iceland. Great book!’ – Amazon reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘This book ticked all the boxes . . . a really good read’ – Amazon reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Excellent Icelandic police procedural’ – Amazon reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘If you like thrillers set in out-of-ordinary places, I heartily recommend Frozen Out’ – Amazon reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Excellent detective story with a fun female lead‘ – Amazon reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘A great read – enjoyed every page’ – Amazon reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘A real page-turner and an unusual heroine. Can’t wait to read the next one’ – Amazon reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Superior crime fiction set in Iceland’ – The Times

‘A great read – leaves you craving the next instalment’ – Yrsa Sigurðardóttir, author of the Thora Gudmundsdottir series

‘Well-written and absorbing’ – Woman’s Way

‘Captures the chilly spirit of Nordic crime fiction . . . Fans of Arnaldur Indridason’s Reykjavík mysteries will want to add Bates to their reading lists’ – Booklist

‘[A] crackling fiction debut . . . palpable authenticity’ – Publishers Weekly

‘A superb new series’ – Eurocrime