Gunnhildur Mystery – serie

'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, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐---------------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.---------------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, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'A blockbuster of a Gunnhildur mystery . . . If you're a Gunnhildur fan just get reading - if not, where have you been?' - Amazon reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Excellent read, as are all the Gunna books! Tight storyline and very likeable lead characters with real depth. Enough twists and turns to keep me glued right to the end' - Amazon reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐---------------Detective Gunnhildur 'Gunna' Gísladóttir is back, and thrown together with a high-profile stranger, a guest of the interiors minister, in a secure house outside Reykjavík. It's a little too close for comfort . . . They soon find they are neither as safe nor as carefully hidden as Gunna and her boss had thought. Conflicting glimpses of the man's past start to emerge as the press begin to sniff him out, as does another group with their own reasons for locating him. Gunna struggles to come to terms with protecting the life of a man who may have the lives of many on his conscience - or can she believe that he's actually the philanthropist he claims to be?Isolated together, the friction grows between Gunna and the foreign visitor, and she realises they are out of their depth as the trails lead from the house and beyond Iceland to to Brussels, Russia and the Middle East.The sixth 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.---------------Readers are raving about Cold Breath!'It's a cliché, but for once this is accurate: this series truly does get better with every new book' - Amazon reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Great book that I didn't want to put down; realistic characters that aren't stereotype James Bond/ Lara Croft ninjas and a great plot' - Amazon reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'The best of the series, so far. I was captivated . . . Great reading!' - Amazon reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Bates never fails to please. Twist and turns galore . . . A joy' - Amazon reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Thoroughly absorbing and one of the best in the Gunnhildur series' - Amazon reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'My favourite policewoman, she doesn't take any rubbish!!!' - Amazon reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Awesome. I loved it all, the suspense and everything' - Amazon reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'These books featuring Gunnhildur have become my absolute favourite mystery thrillers . . . Cold Breath was so good' - Amazon reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'A tsunami of a thriller' - Amazon reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Another great read from Quentin Bates. For the second time in the series I found myself rooting for the 'bad guy'!' - Amazon reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐---------------Reykjavík detective Gunnhildur 'Gunna' Gísladóttir does not believe in ghosts. But when her team member Helgi swears he's seen a man who was declared dead fifteen years ago, she reluctantly gives him some unofficial leeway to look into it.Has the not-so-dead man returned from the grave to settle old scores, or has he just decided to take a last look around his old haunts?Either way, there are people who have nursed grudges for years, hoping for a reckoning one day. Even the rumour of his being alive and kicking is enough to spark a storm of fury and revenge, with Gunna and Helgi caught in the middle . . . The seventh dark and atmospheric thriller in Quentin Bates's Icelandic crime series. A tense page-turner perfect for fans of Jo Nesbo, Henning Mankell and Søren Sveistrup's The Chestnut Man.---------------Readers and reviewers are raving about Cold Malice!'Gripping and atmospheric. I had to remind myself to breathe' - Katerina Diamond, author of The Teacher'Just keeps getting better and better' - Amazon reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Quality mystery fiction . . . the Gunnhildur novels are just too good'- Amazon reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Absorbing read. I did not want to put this book down' - Amazon reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Another winner . . . he has a knack for being able to seamlessly weave in the crime story issues facing mankind everywhere'- Amazon reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Another great entry in the Gunnhildur series!'- Amazon reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'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---------------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.---------------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