Quentin Bates Books in Order
Quentin Bates has written 11 books, published between 2001 and 2025. The first book is Life on the Edge (2001) and the newest is Historical Value (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 11
- Published
- 2001–2025
- Pages on record
- 1,573 in 5 of 11 books
Quentin Bates writes Icelandic crime fiction in English, and is described as an English-Icelandic writer. Officer Gunnhildur is the one recorded series, built around a policewoman investigating murder in Iceland, with the country's financial crisis among the recurring subjects. Eleven books are catalogued, from Life on the Edge (2001) and Frozen Assets (2010) through Cold Comfort (2012), Chilled to the Bone (2013), Cold Steal (2014), Thin Ice (2016), Cold Breath (2018) and Cold Malice (2020) to Historical Value (2025).
Source: Wikidata
How many Quentin Bates books are there?
Quentin Bates has 11 books, released between 2001 and 2025. 9 of them belong to the Officer Gunnhildur series.
Quentin Bates Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 11 Quentin Bates books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of October 2026.
- 1Life on the Edge2001 · confirmed 2/42001–2/4
- 220103302/4
- 32012–2/4
- 42013–2/4
- 520133152/4
- 62014–2/4
- 72015–2/4
- 820162882/4
- 920183202/4
- 1020203202/4
- 11Historical Value2025 · confirmed 2/42025–2/4
Quentin Bates books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
Officer Gunnhildur in order
9 booksStandalone books
2 books2 Quentin Bates titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Quentin Bates books in order?
You only need to read Quentin Bates books in order within the Officer Gunnhildur series, which holds 9 of the 11 Quentin Bates books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Quentin Bates
Start with Life on the Edge (2001), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Quentin Bates book?
Historical Value (2025) is the newest Quentin Bates book released so far.
Is there a new Quentin Bates book coming?
No next Quentin Bates book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Quentin Bates at a glance
- Still publishing
- Quentin Bates published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Quentin Bates books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 1,573 pages across the 5 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 320 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Quentin Bates books, 8 of 11, were published in the 2010s.
When Quentin Bates books were published
Publication distribution by decade, showing when Quentin Bates titles appeared. 2010s was the most productive decade with 8 titles.
11 books total across 3 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.
What the Quentin Bates books are about
6 of the 11 Quentin Bates books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: iceland is tagged on 5 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Iceland 5 of 6 books
- Mystery & detective 5 of 6 books
- Crime 3 of 6 books
- Investigation 2 of 6 books
- Murder 2 of 6 books
- Policewomen 2 of 6 books