“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.”—Louise Penny, New York Times bestselling author of The Beautiful Mystery
“A suspenseful story of switchbacks and surprises . . . 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.”—Laura Lippmann, New York Times bestselling author ofAnd When She Was Good
“A terrific debut.”—Harlan Coben, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Seconds Away
About The Cover of SnowWaking 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.
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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.
Jenny Milchman is a suspense writer from New Jersey. Her debut novel, COVER
OF SNOW, is forthcoming from Ballantine in January 2013 and is available
for pre-order now. Her short story The Closet was published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
in November 2012. Another short story, The
Very Old Man, has been an Amazon bestseller, and the short work Black
Sun on Tupper Lake appears in the anthology ADIRONDACK
MYSTERIES II.
Jenny is the Chair of the International Thriller Writers’ Debut Authors Program.
She is also the founder of Take
Your Child to a Bookstore Day, which was celebrated last year in all 50
states and four foreign countries by 350-and-growing bookstores.
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Review
The Cover of Snow is the story of Nora Hamilton, who wakes up one morning alone in a cold bed, a silent cold house and no sign of her husband Brendan. Upon further inspection of the house, she finds her husband had hung himself, an apparent suicide.
Nora is having a hard time understanding why her husband would commit suicide. She thought they were a happy couple, he is a police officer in the small town of Wedeskyul in upstate New York, and she restores old homes.
There are a lot of characters in the story, Eileen her mother in law, Eileen's sister Jean, Ned a reporter researching a story, the officers and police chief and an autistic man. All these characters play an important part to the story. Filled with enough scary situations and creepy people to keep the reader on the edge of the seat.
I read the book in two days and I was totally involved in the story. I enjoyed the author's writing style and the suspense was first rate...I can usually figure out a book by at least 3/4 of the way through but this one I could not figure out and the ending was a surprise. The chill factor was so intense that I felt I had to put a sweater on... I enjoyed it thoroughly.
I received an ebook for review from JKS Communications as part of the book tour and was not monetarily compensated for my review.
Nora is having a hard time understanding why her husband would commit suicide. She thought they were a happy couple, he is a police officer in the small town of Wedeskyul in upstate New York, and she restores old homes.
There are a lot of characters in the story, Eileen her mother in law, Eileen's sister Jean, Ned a reporter researching a story, the officers and police chief and an autistic man. All these characters play an important part to the story. Filled with enough scary situations and creepy people to keep the reader on the edge of the seat.
I read the book in two days and I was totally involved in the story. I enjoyed the author's writing style and the suspense was first rate...I can usually figure out a book by at least 3/4 of the way through but this one I could not figure out and the ending was a surprise. The chill factor was so intense that I felt I had to put a sweater on... I enjoyed it thoroughly.
I received an ebook for review from JKS Communications as part of the book tour and was not monetarily compensated for my review.
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