Snow - Strafford and Quirke

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1950s Irish murder mystery with aristocratic secrets.

Snow offers a gripping journey into 1950s Ireland where the shadow of the Catholic Church looms large over society. Picture yourself navigating through a thick layer of suspicion and secrets as Detective Strafford does, striving to crack a case that's as complex as it is chilling. Banville's prose is a treat, delivering both an evocative portrayal of a bygone era and an intricate mystery that promises to keep you guessing until the end.

  • Premio Internacional RBA de Novela Negra (2017)
  • CWA Historical Dagger Nominee (2021)
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Snow - Strafford and Quirke

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ISBN: 9781335230003
Authors: John Banville
Date of Publication: 2020-10-06
Format: Hardcover
Related Topics: Suspense, Thriller, Mystery, Crime
Goodreads rating: 3.53
(rated by 19973 readers)

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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 this tight-knit community. 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, threatens to obliterate everything. 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.
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1950s Irish murder mystery with aristocratic secrets.

Snow offers a gripping journey into 1950s Ireland where the shadow of the Catholic Church looms large over society. Picture yourself navigating through a thick layer of suspicion and secrets as Detective Strafford does, striving to crack a case that's as complex as it is chilling. Banville's prose is a treat, delivering both an evocative portrayal of a bygone era and an intricate mystery that promises to keep you guessing until the end.

  • Premio Internacional RBA de Novela Negra (2017)
  • CWA Historical Dagger Nominee (2021)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.