Snow by John Banville

Snow by John Banville'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

A silver-tongued poet or a pervert

affairs kept secret on pain of death

tries to gain control

There she encounters the attractive cad Eddie

it had merely been lonely

but their destinies remain the same

'***** 'Full of wit and humour

Saudi Arabia

is the story of that year

But the wind has vanished

illuminating not only the causes of loneliness but also how it might be resisted and redeemed

day and night