Thin Ice by Quentin Bates Genre; Crime 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 […]
The problem with Guðríður by Quentin Bates
Today’s post has been written by crime author and Icelandic translator Quentin Bates as part of his Thin Ice blog tour and is a fascinating insight into the language of the Icelanders as we all love to read Nordic crime we as crime fiction fans. You can read his First Draft Q&A Here. Quentin […]
Quentin Bates on Icelandic Crime Fiction – (Video)
Welcome to another in the bite-sized interviews. Today I have the pleasure of introducing Quentin Bates, a UK based author who has lived more than a decade in Iceland and has written several crime novels based in present-day Iceland. He has also translated Ragnar Jónasson’s, Snowblind. Because we talk about Icelandic crime fiction for the […]
What’s Your First Draft Like? – Quentin Bates
Today I’m excited to have Quentin Bates on the blog talking about his first draft process. Quentin escaped English suburbia as a teenager and found himself working in Iceland, where his gap year eventually became a gap decade, along with a new language, a new profession and a new family acquired in the process. He […]
What's Your First Draft Like? – Quentin Bates
Today I’m excited to have Quentin Bates on the blog talking about his first draft process. Quentin escaped English suburbia as a teenager and found himself working in Iceland, where his gap year eventually became a gap decade, along with a new language, a new profession and a new family acquired in the process. He […]
What Do You Want To Read For February's Crime Book Club?
We are meeting up for the January Crime book club on Google+ hangouts onair on Wednesday 15th January 8 p.m. GMT to discuss The Necessary Death of Lewis Winter by Malcolm Mackay. It promises to be an interesting discussion. If you still haven’t read the book, you have two days, so quick, pick it up! […]