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Snow
*SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA HISTORICAL DAGGER AWARD*
A Globe and Mail Best Book of the Year
A New York Times Editors' Choice Pick
"Banville sets up and then deftly demolishes the Agatha Christie format...superbly rich and sophisticated."--New York Times Book Review
The incomparable Booker Prize winner's next great crime novel--the story of a family whose secrets resurface when a parish priest is found murdered in their ancestral home
Detective Inspector St. John Strafford has been summoned to County Wexford to investigate a murder. A parish priest has been found dead in Ballyglass House, the family seat of the aristocratic, secretive Osborne family.
The year is 1957 and the Catholic Church rules Ireland with an iron fist. Strafford--flinty, visibly Protestant and determined to identify the murderer--faces obstruction at every turn, from the heavily accumulating snow to the culture of silence in the tight-knit community he begins to investigate.
As he delves further, he learns the Osbornes are not at all what they seem. And when his own deputy goes missing, Strafford must work to unravel the ever-expanding mystery before the community's secrets, like the snowfall itself, threaten to obliterate everything.
Beautifully crafted, darkly evocative and pulsing with suspense, Snow is "the Irish master" (New Yorker) John Banville at his page-turning best.
Don't miss John Banville's next novel, The Lock-up!
Other riveting mysteries from John Banville:
- April in Spain
Book Details
- Publisher: Hanover Square Press
- Publish Date: Sep 14th, 2021
- Pages: 320
- Language: English
- Edition: First Time Trad - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.00in - 5.30in - 0.70in - 0.55lb
- EAN: 9781335629036
- Categories: • Thrillers - Historical• Mystery & Detective - Traditional• Literary
About the Author
More books by John Banville
What people are saying
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Reading Update: 2 new #bookreviews at the website: The Treatment and The Measure of Sorrow. Just finished Cruising by Gerald Walker. Review coming soon. Also The Children of Red Peak review coming soon. Currently #Reading Snow by John Banville #readingcommunity #bookworms https://t.co/LC4V6T0WtR
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What a great way to connect with fellow Columbians who love to get lost in a book. Keep your mind sharp by engaging in critical thinking discussions and sharing viewpoints from your personal perspective about the book's narrative. February's Book - Snow by John Banville https://t.co/gTMBByUQbv
Personal essay. Three collections with @UnivNebPress. Also, Tumbling Up: A Memoir, 2022, AND NOW THIS: A Memoir in Essays, 2023.
From John Banville's Snow: "She liked to hear the sound of my typewriter from the study downstairs. It was a comforting sound, she said, like listening to me think."
Praise for this book
"[A] deceptively complex mystery with literary flourishes...[A] brilliant mix of old tropes and sadly modern evil."--Booklist, STARRED review
"The sinister and unnerving Snow has all the trimmings of a classic country house mystery - body in the library, closed circle of suspects, foul weather - all elevated by Banville's immaculate, penetrating prose."--Peter Swanson
"A beautifully executed, nostalgia-churning throwback that directs the occasional wink at the reader."--Shelf Awareness
"Snow is easily one of his best - and one of the very best mysteries of this or any other year."--Globe and Mail
"Thoughtful and nuanced." --Seattle Times
"Snow continues to cement the legacy of one of our greatest living writers."--CrimeReads
"Perfect for the time of year when shadows grow longer and darker by the day."--BookPage
"Snow offers many reminders of Banville's mastery."--The Atlantic
What people are saying
Lover of #books
Reading Update: 2 new #bookreviews at the website: The Treatment and The Measure of Sorrow. Just finished Cruising by Gerald Walker. Review coming soon. Also The Children of Red Peak review coming soon. Currently #Reading Snow by John Banville #readingcommunity #bookworms https://t.co/LC4V6T0WtR
Indiana's premier private club. Business networking and social connections.
What a great way to connect with fellow Columbians who love to get lost in a book. Keep your mind sharp by engaging in critical thinking discussions and sharing viewpoints from your personal perspective about the book's narrative. February's Book - Snow by John Banville https://t.co/gTMBByUQbv