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ⓘ About Quentin Bates
Quentin Bates was born in southern England right around the Cuban missile crisis. At one point in life, he made a decision to work in Iceland for a year, but wound up staying for an entire decade. He used this experience, plus some time he took a writing course at a university to work on his fiction writing. Although British, Bates’s writing is more in line with Scandinavian crime fiction authors. His debut novel “Frozen Out” (also called “Frozen Assets”) was released in 2011. Besides writing mystery crime novels, he has also released non-fiction work and works as a full time journalist as well writes feature pieces for a nautical trade magazine that is quite obscure.. He is the author of the “Officer Gunhildur series.
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Who is Quentin Bates?
Quentin Bates was born in southern England right around the Cuban missile crisis. At one point in life, he made a decision to work in Iceland for a year, but wound up staying for an entire decade. He used this experience, plus some time he took a writing course at a university to work on his fiction writing.
Which Quentin Bates series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Officer Gunnhildur series, the earliest of Quentin Bates's multi-book series: it opens with Frozen Assets / Frozen Out (2010) and runs to 9 books across 2010–2020, ending with Cold Malice (2020).
How many books has Quentin Bates written?
Quentin Bates has 11 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2001 and 2025. 9 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being the Officer Gunnhildur series with 9 books — and 2 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Quentin Bates's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Quentin Bates's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Officer Gunnhildur (2010–2020, 9 books).
How are Quentin Bates's books organised into series?
This guide splits Quentin Bates's 11 books into 1 named series and 2 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Officer Gunnhildur (9 books, 2010–2020).