Review: Chilled To the Bone by Quentin Bates

A Mysterious Review of Chilled To the Bone by Quentin Bates. A Gunnhildur Gísladóttir Mystery.

Review summary: It is a little tricky to navigate this crime novel at first, what with the large cast of characters and the rapidly changing points of view setting up the various subplots. But it does move along quickly, and while there are plenty of false leads and dead-end paths, the storylines do start to merge, resulting in a nicely complex, very satisfying mystery. (Click here for text of full review.)

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Chilled To the Bone
Quentin Bates
A Gunnhildur Gísladóttir Mystery
Soho Crime (December 2013)

Publisher synopsis: When Sergeant Gunnhildur Gísladóttir of the local police force is called in to investigate the death of a man found tied to a bed in one of Reykjavík's nicest hotels, she finds no sign of criminal activity but suspects there may be more to the case than meets the eye. Could the death of the shipowner be related to a local gangster's recent return to Iceland after many years abroad?

What begins as a straightforward case for Gunnhildur soon explodes into a dangerous investigation, involving a discreet bondage society that ruthless men will go to violent extremes to keep secret.