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Snow

A Strafford & Quirke Mystery

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Snow

By: John Banville
Narrated by: Stanley Townsend
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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

'Outstanding.' Irish Independent
'Exquisite.' Daily Mail
'Hypnotic.' Financial Times
'This is crime fiction for the connoisseur.' The Times

'The body is in the library,' Colonel Osborne said. 'Come this way.'

Detective Inspector St John Strafford is called in from Dublin to investigate a murder at Ballyglass House - the Co. Wexford family seat of the aristocratic, secretive Osborne family.

Facing obstruction from all angles, Strafford carries on determinedly in his pursuit of the murderer. However, as the snow continues to fall over this ever-expanding mystery, the people of Ballyglass are equally determined to keep their secrets.

'A typically elegant country house mystery.' Guardian

'A well-crafted story, peopled by superbly well-drawn characters, and put together in the finest prose . . . Masterly.' Irish Independent

©2020 John Banville (P)2020 Faber & Faber Cosy Crime Crime Thrillers Fiction Historical Mystery Thriller & Suspense Thriller Murder Suspense
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A fabulous ‘Who done it?’ plot, brilliantly written with great imagery - as much about the characters and the landscape as the crime, and the bonus - it’s all set in Ireland. Highly recommend.

Literary Crime Fiction at its best.

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The creation of atmosphere, the development of plot, gentle shifts in tone, subtle humour………”Snow” is an amalgam of these. Banville never disappoints. Landscape, character and rare insight into an all too familiar evil make for gripping listening. Stanley Townsend is exceptionally skilled. He brings this novel to life. The whole experience consumed me and will stay with me.

Brilliant Banville

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One version of the persistent survival of evil aided by collusive public indifference.Courage in exposing it is so often punished. A whistle blower can suffer humiliating rebuff.Here is a gripping tale of murder and revenge brilliantly narrated.

Power and evil exposed in a grim tale

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Excellent writing, tight plot, profound style. But the narration lifts it up even higher. I got through it in just over a week!

Fabulous

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I listened to this in a day and thoroughly enjoyed it.
I have the book and was going to read it instead but the narration is too good so I reverted to the audio book.
One of the best narrations I’ve listened to and cleverly written nook too.

Such a clever book brilliantly read

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Very enjoyable must read I need to write a minimum of fifteen words for this review

Fr Molloy

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Beautifully written and a fantastic performance. Great story which keeps you interested until the very end.

A wonderful read

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I was enjoying the book until near the end when the too graphic explanation of paedophilia thoughts and actions of one of the characters that was not needed for the story and became very off putting. It was not relevant to have such detail for the story

Explicit paedophilia spoiled it

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I love John Banville what an entertaining writer. This is a terrific book if a bit real. The narrator Stanley Townsend is easy to listen to
Iv totally loved this book.

So disappointed it’s finished

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Banville is a beautiful writer. St John a sexy character. Catholic Ireland, well, the Protestants are hell too. Great taste description of cum.

Thriller and tragicomedy

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