Cover of Snow

✍ Scribed by Milchman, Jenny

• Book ID: 107234116
• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 247 KB
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

Jenny Milchman’s Cover of Snow is a remarkable debut, a gripping tale of suspense in the tradition of Gillian Flynn, Chris Bohjalian, and Nancy Pickard.
Waking up one wintry morning in her old farmhouse nestled in the Adirondack Mountains of New York, Nora Hamilton instantly knows that something is wrong. When her fog of sleep clears, she finds her world is suddenly, irretrievably shattered: Her husband, Brendan, has committed suicide.

The first few hours following Nora’s devastating discovery pass for her in a blur of numbness and disbelief. Then, a disturbing awareness slowly settles in: Brendan left no note and gave no indication that he was contemplating taking his own life. Why would a rock-solid police officer with unwavering affection for his wife, job, and quaint hometown suddenly choose to end it all? Having spent a lifetime avoiding hard truths, Nora must now start facing them.

Unraveling her late husband’s final days, Nora searches for an explanation—but finds a bewildering resistance from Brendan’s best friend and partner, his fellow police officers, and his brittle mother. It quickly becomes clear to Nora that she is asking questions no one wants to answer. For beneath the soft cover of snow lies a powerful conspiracy that will stop at nothing to keep its presence unknown . . . and its darkest secrets hidden.

Advance praise forВ *Cover of Snow*

“Everything a great suspense novel should be—tense, emotional, mysterious, and satisfying . . . Let’s hope this is the start of a long career.”—Lee Child, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Wanted Man

“Terrifically suspenseful . . . Reading Cover of Snow feels like racing across a frozen lake: heart-pounding, exhilarating, frightening.”—New York Times bestselling author Louise Penny

Review

Advance praise for *Cover of Snow*

“Everything a great suspense novel should be—tense, emotional, mysterious, and satisfying . . . Let’s hope this is the start of a long career.”—Lee Child, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Wanted Man

“Cover of Snow is a darkly atmospheric first novel that challenges all sorts of romantic notions we might harbor about small towns and the people we think we can trust. Luckily, heroine Nora Hamilton—and writer Jenny Milchman—have the skill and fortitude to lead readers through a suspenseful story of switchbacks and surprises. A mystery that will draw in fans of darker fare as well, Cover of Snow is reminiscent of Margaret Maron’s work, which is about the highest praise I can bestow.”—Laura Lippman, New York Times bestselling author of And When She Was Good

“Absorbing from start to finish . . .  Jenny Milchman writes a deeply felt and suspenseful story of a woman whose life is upended by a death and a dark secret. While perceptively reflecting on community and our connections to one another, Cover of Snow is also an insightful look at the intimacies and secrets of marriage.”—Nancy Pickard, author of The Scent of Rain and Lightning

“Heart-pounding, exhilarating, frightening, a terrifically suspenseful novel . . . Reading Cover of Snow feels like racing across a frozen lake.”—Louise Penny, New York Times bestselling author of The Beautiful Mystery

“Jenny Milchman’s intricately plotted Cover of Snow is layered with suspense, sorrow, and a strong sense of place and character.”—Linwood Barclay, bestselling author of The Accident

“Jenny Milchman’s expertly crafted, dark, and smoothly suspenseful page-turner slowly reveals the layers of terrifying secrets hidden in a small Adirondack town under Cover of Snow. I only wish I had written this novel! Watch for this stellar debut on the best first novel lists.”—Julia Spencer-Fleming, New York Times bestselling author of One Was a Soldier

“In her debut outing, Jenny Milchman has succeeded in a way many veteran writers can only envy. Cover of Snow is a tightly plotted, wonderfully unpredictable, and immensely satisfying novel. All the elements—character, setting, pace, language—are pitch-perfect. Believe me, it doesn’t get any better than this.”—William Kent Krueger, New York Times bestselling author of Trickster’s Point
“Jenny Milchman proves she is a master of psychological suspense in this page-turner of a novel. Cover of Snow makes for an outstanding debut.”—Stefanie Pintoff, Edgar Award–winning author of Secret of the White Rose

About the Author

Jenny Milchman lives in New Jersey with her family. Cover of Snow is her first novel.

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