Snow
A Strafford and Quirke Murder Mystery
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Narrated by:
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Stanley Townsend
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John Banville
About this listen
'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.
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- AM
- 17-02-22
Wonderful
A pretty much perfect novel. Beautifully written with not a word out of place, incredibly vivid characterisation and enough of a plot to race along with. The reader's voice is dreamy and I wanted it to go on forever. Gorgeous, grim, terrifying and sad. Loved this.
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- A P TWIBILL
- 10-03-24
Great to listen to
standard whodunnit but with lots of twists and turns. Interesting characters highlighted by excellent narration. What a great voice!
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- monica
- 01-01-22
great story and narration
I enjoyed this story a lot. Very engaging content. the narrator did an excellent job.
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- McDermoV
- 17-01-21
Snowball shurely??
I would expect a book by John Banville to be well-written, which this is but he’s no Agatha Christie. There is a plot twist at the end, but much of it is predictable and the characters verge on charicatures of rural Ireland, Garda stock-types (drunken sergeant, lippy basic rank) and the Anglo-Irish family, from retired officer father down are straight out of central casting. It is read in a way that exaggerates the accents in a slightly distracting fashion.
However, I did enjoy it and finished it, which I can’t say of all fiction I consume these days.
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- Anonymous User
- 21-02-23
Storytelling at its best
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. A rich narrative with well developed characters who each came to life through excellent writing and narration. Some gruesome happenings but somehow it was a comforting read thanks to the Irish magic. I wanted a little more help to grasp the fine details of whodunnit but maybe it was intentional to leave it unsaid.
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- Gerry Moira
- 25-10-23
A gripping tale well-told
Perhaps typically of Banville this is almost two books in one. A country house who-dunnit is streaked through with a visceral examination of paedophilia and the Catholic Church; delivered with 5-star narration.
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- Amazon Customer
- 12-01-21
I read this to celebrate of 2021's winter weather
I loved that there was an actual body in the library and the fact that John Banville is still preoccupied with the awful behaviour of catholic priests and the schism between the Irish.
I also really enjoyed the protagonists mental distractions
Great stuff
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- Norma Hart
- 28-01-21
Perfect tale for dreary Winter
Meticulous story telling, dark wit, gloomy world view, perfect book for this dreary winter. And the narrator’s voice is like a warm Jamieson’s toddy with honey.
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- maggie mooney
- 21-08-21
A brilliant book and a brilliant narrator
I loved this book and, like all John Banville's books, it's so different from all his others. Narrated superbly - I didn't want it to end. Highly recommend it.
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- Barry
- 22-08-21
good book. average experienc.
it's fine. well written. bit cliche. the narrator is good. but starts off extremely low volume. then picks up. all grand. until 3/4's of way through, sounds like he got a cold. maybe poor sound production. but throws you. overall, average audio experience of a good book.
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