Snow Av John Banville

<p><b><i>THE LOCK-UP</i> - A THRILLING NEW STRAFFORD AND QUIRKE MYSTERY - IS AVAILABLE NOW FOR PRE-ORDER</b><br><b><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>¿A typically elegant country house mystery.¿ <i>Guardian</i><br><br>¿A well-crafted story, peopled by superbly well-drawn characters, and put together i