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Frozen Assets: Gunnhilder Mystery Series by Quentin Bates
Cover Artist: Photo: Stephen H. Sheffield / Getty Images
Review by Mel Jacob
Soho Crime Hardcover  ISBN/ITEM#: 9781569478677
Date: 18 January 2011 List Price $25.00 Amazon US / Amazon UK / Show Article /

Quentin Bates, a British journalist, begins his debut mystery series with Frozen Assets set in Iceland against the background of that country's financial meltdown. Police sergeant Gunnhilder Gísladóttir, known as Gunna to most people, investigates the suspicious death of a young man from an apparent drowning in a rural village. Others dismiss it as an accidental death, but Gunna doesn't agree.

From official release/information:

Product Description: A body is found floating in the harbor of a rural Icelandic fishing village. Was it an accident, or something more sinister? It's up to Officer Gunnhildur, a sardonic female cop, to find out. Her investigation uncovers a web of corruption connected to Iceland's business and banking communities. Meanwhile, a rookie crime journalist latches onto her, looking for a scoop, and an anonymous blogger is stirring up trouble. The complications increase, as do the stakes, when a second murder is committed. Frozen Assets is a piercing look at the endemic corruption that led to the global financial crisis that bankrupted Iceland's major banks and sent the country into an economic tailspin from which it has yet to recover.

(Source: Soho Crime)

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