Snow

**THE DROWNED - THE CHILLING NEW STRAFFORD & QUIRKE MURDER MYSTERY - AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW**

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

Genre: Historical Mystery

"John Banville is simply the finest writer at work today, a prolific prose stylist whose work has only deepened in quality throughout his career." - John Boyne

"Banville writes a dangerous and clear-running prose and has a grim gift of seeing people's souls." - Don DeLillo

"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