Snow

<p><b>**<i>THE DROWNED</i> - THE CHILLING NEW STRAFFORD & QUIRKE MURDER MYSTERY - OUT NOW**<br></b><b><br> THE <i>SUNDAY TIMES</i> BESTSELLER<br> <br> 'Outstanding.' <i>Irish Independent</i><br> 'Exquisite.' <i>Daily Mail</i><br> 'Hypnotic.' <i>Financial Times</i></b><br> <b>'This is crime fiction for the connoisseur.' <i>The Times</i></b><br> <br> <i>'The</i> <i>body is in the library,' Colonel Osborne said. 'Come this way.'</i><br> <br> 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.<br> <br> 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.<br> <br> <b>'A typically elegant country house mystery.'</b> <i>Guardian</i><br> <br> <b>'A well-crafted story, peopled by superbly well-drawn characters, and put together in the finest prose . . . Masterly.'</b> <i>Irish Independent</i><br> <br> <b>Readers are gripped by <i>Snow:<br></i><br> ***** 'A wonderfully imaginative twist on the country house murder mystery.'<br> ***** 'A chilling, strange elegiac story - mesmerising and rather horrifying.'<br> ***** 'Kept me hooked until the last page!'<br></b><br> John Banville's book <i>Snow</i> was a Sunday Times Bestseller w/c 20-11-2021<br> John Banville's book <i>Snow</i> was a Sunday Times Bestseller w/c 27-11-2021</p>