Winterlude

A novella featuring Detective Gunnhildur of Quentin Bates's Icelandic crime series. A dark and chilling thriller perfect for fans of Jo Nesbo, Henning Mankell and Søren Sveistrup's The Chestnut Man. It's a bitter winter morning when Detective Gunnhildur 'Gunna' Gísladóttir is called to the scene of a violent killing in an abandoned industrial unit. Gunna and her sidekick Helgi quickly find that the victim had no shortage of enemies. The case takes Gunna around Reykjavík's darker side, and Helgi to the bleak rural district he grew up in as they work out who was prepared to take a grudge as far as brutal murder . . . --------------- Readers and reviewers love Quentin Bates' Gunnhildur Mysteries! 'As chilling as an Icelandic winter' - Sharon Bolton 'Superior crime fiction set in Iceland' - The Times 'A great read - leaves you craving the next instalment' - Yrsa Sigurðardóttir '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 'Absolutely the best Scandinavia noir I've read for ages. Wonderful, realistic, warm characters. I loved Gunna, and Iceland. Great book!' - Amazon reviewer, ????? 'It was galloping along at a rate of knots, I couldn't put it down' - Amazon reviewer, ????? 'A real page-turner and an unusual heroine. Can't wait to read the next one' - Amazon reviewer, ????? 'Fast-moving, well-crafted and gives other Icelandic crime books a serious run for their money'- Amazon reviewer, ????? 'Well worth reading, it brings the feel of the country and its inhabitants into sharp focus'- Amazon reviewer, ????? 'A bloody good read, especially if you have a thing for the northern most capital city in the world, and fancy a bit of dark humour with your crime investigations' - Amazon reviewer, ????? 'I'm hooked on the character of Gunnhildur and reading the entire series as fast as I can . . .