Thin Ice

Thin IceAuthor: Quentin Bates ISBN: 9781472121493 Publisher: Little Brown Year first published: 10 May 2016 Pages: 288 Format: Paperback softback 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 they have grabbed as hostages when they

I curl up in my fleece and drink

which expand on the poet's more esoteric allusions and offer background information on contemporary manners and customs

His long-suffering wife Betty can only stand by and watch as he is catapulted into “a bit of trouble” by the simplest task--a window cleaning job

The IRKEN armada is poised to conquer the universe

in the ravishing

the widow Mary McAllister has spent almost sixty years secluded in a white marble mansion overlooking the town of Mill River

who established an archipelago of thistledown cities and edenic worldlets within the star's vast dust belt

Among the rest of the cast were Clive Dunn (who simultaneously drew in a different audience as the chart-topping pop star 'Grandad')

so that one day you can look back and with all sincerity say

Kick debt out of your life forever

urban studies

It will appeal to students