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Snow

A Strafford & Quirke Mystery

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Snow

By: John Banville
Narrated by: Stanley Townsend
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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

©2020 John Banville (P)2020 Faber & Faber Cosy Crime Crime Thrillers Fiction Historical Mystery Thriller & Suspense Thriller Murder Scary Suspense

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standard whodunnit but with lots of twists and turns. Interesting characters highlighted by excellent narration. What a great voice!

Great to listen to

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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.

Wonderful

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I enjoyed this story a lot. Very engaging content. the narrator did an excellent job.

great story and narration

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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.

Snowball shurely??

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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.

Storytelling at its best

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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.

A gripping tale well-told

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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

I read this to celebrate of 2021's winter weather

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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.

Perfect tale for dreary Winter

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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.

A brilliant book and a brilliant narrator

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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.

good book. average experienc.

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