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Frozen Out
Quentin Bates
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Description for Frozen Out
Paperback. Murder, corruption and financial meltdown in Iceland's rural backwaters. Series: Gunnhildur Mystery. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 246.
The discovery of a corpse washed up on a beach in an Icelandic backwater sparks a series of events that propels the village of Hvalvik's police sergeant Gunnhildur into deep waters. Although under pressure to deal with the matter quickly, she is suspicious that the man's death was no accident and once she has identified the body, sets about investigating his final hours.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 ... Read more
The discovery of a corpse washed up on a beach in an Icelandic backwater sparks a series of events that propels the village of Hvalvik's police sergeant Gunnhildur into deep waters. Although under pressure to deal with the matter quickly, she is suspicious that the man's death was no accident and once she has identified the body, sets about investigating his final hours.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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
Gunnhildur Mystery
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849013604
SKU
V9781849013604
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-1
About Quentin Bates
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. ... Read more
Reviews 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 flying start to ... a superb new series
Eurocrime
[With] an in-depth knowledge of just how Iceland works it's a perfect book to curl up with in front of ... Read more
S J Bolton A flying start to ... a superb new series
Eurocrime
[With] an in-depth knowledge of just how Iceland works it's a perfect book to curl up with in front of ... Read more