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“Exciting and well crafted…[Neuhaus] show[s] how the police’s off-duty preoccupations
complicate and distract them from work and even jeopardize their safety.” Wall Street Journal
“This novel is bursting with conspiracy and subterfuge and a raw exposition of the ugliness that can inhabit the human soul.” USA Today
“Neuhaus has a flair for the ominous and
the ornate. Her primary setting…Altenhain is the anti-Christie town: Instead of
quaintness, it offers decay; instead of Miss Marple, there’s a spiteful
populace of voyeurs whose curiosity stokes the smoldering embers of violence.” Washington Post
“The story is dense, the plot riveting and the deduction letter-perfect…full of mystery and hidden secrets, silence and cover-ups. Globe and Mail (Toronto)
“An engrossing plot and that could make Neuhaus
a contender for the kind of acclaim Stieg Larsson has won. Snow White Must Die moves at a brisk clip with a narrative that
ranks as storytelling at its best.” San Jose Mercury News
“Snow
White Must Die…does an excellent job of exploring small-town venality as
Kirchoff begins to suspect that it takes a village to cover up a murder. There
are no magic mirrors or dwarves, but there are enough poisonous secrets lying
fallow to take care of an entire apple orchard.” Christian Science Monitor
“With an entire town to populate and eleven years
of history to explore, Nele Neuhaus had a monumental task ahead of her, one she
tackled with impressive craft and style. Snow
White Must Die is one mystery wrapped in a dozen others, startlingly
capturing the long memory and insular nature of small towns everywhere.” San Francisco Book Review
“[An] impressive multidimensional police
procedural.” Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“[It will] keep readers turning the pages up to
the unpredictable ending…An addictively engaging mystery filled with suspects,
confusion, love, and fear. Sure to intrigue and satisfy mystery fans,
especially those who love international crime procedurals.” Library Journal
“Narrator Robert Fass shepherds the book along, differentiating
characters with accents and shifts in tone. His narration helps the listener to
follow the plot and keep track of the different characters as their involvement
in the story unfolds…Fass’ skill provides the perfect delivery.” AudioFile