The Boy in the Snow, M. J. McGrath
The Boy in the Snow, M. J. McGrath
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The Boy in the Snow

Author: M. J. McGrath

Narrator: Kate Reading

Unabridged: 8 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/08/2012


Synopsis

Edie Kiglatuks discovery along Alaskas Iditarod Trail leads to a massive, far-reaching conspiracy. M. J. McGraths debut novel,White Heat, earned both fans and favorable comparisons to bestselling Scandinavian thrillers such asSmillas Sense of Snowand the Kurt Wallander series. InThe Boy in the Snow, half-Inuit Edie Kiglatuk finds herself in Alaska with Sergeant Derek Palliser, helping her ex-husband Sammy in his bid to win the famous Iditarod dogsled race. The race takes a grim turn when Edie stumbles upon the body of a baby left out in the forest. The state troopers are keen to pin the death on the Dark Believersa sinister offshoot of a Russian Orthodox sectbut Edies instincts tell her otherwise. Her investigations take her into a world of corrupt politics, religious intolerance, greed, and sex trafficking. But just as she begins to get some answers, Edie finds herself confronted by a painful secret from her past.

About M. J. McGrath

M. J. McGrath is an award-winning journalist and the author of several books, including The Long Exile: A Tale of Inuit Betrayal and the novels The Boy in the Snow and White Heat, which was longlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger for best crime and mystery novel of the year. She currently lives in London.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ellis on November 20, 2014

Isn't it nice when you pick a book up at random because everything you have at home is not doing it for you & you just need to break the cycle of starting things & getting nowhere with them? And the book you pick up happens to be delightful? It makes me wonder why certain people come to the library......more