A Richard and Judy Book Club pick.
A mysterious whodunnit, Snow White Must Die by Nele Neuhaus is the huge international bestseller and the first book in the Bodenstein & Kirchoff crime series.
‘A must for mystery fans’ – The Bookseller
On a wet November day, Detectives Pia Kirchoff and Oliver von Bodenstein are summoned to the scene of a mysterious accident. A woman has fallen from a bridge onto the motorway below. It seems that she may have been pushed. The investigation leads them to a small town near Frankfurt, and the home of the victim, Rita Cramer.
On a September evening eleven years earlier, two seventeen-year-old girls, Laura and Stefanie vanished without trace from this same village. In a trial based entirely on circumstantial evidence, Stefanie’s boyfriend, handsome and talented, Tobias Sartorius, was sentenced to ten years in prison. He has now returned to his home in an attempt to clear his name. Rita Cramer is his mother.
When another young girl goes missing, the events of the past repeat themselves and the investigation turns into a dramatic race against time, because for the villagers, there is soon no doubt as to the identity of the perpetrator. And this time they are determined to take matters into their own hands.
‘Ms Neuhaus is Germany’s top-selling crime novelist, and her work is catching on throughout Europe’ – Wall Street Journal
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9781447227076
Number of pages: 416
Weight: 522 g
Dimensions: 203 x 127 x 27 mm
‘Snow White Must Die looks like being a must for mystery fans this summer, based on the great customer reviews it’s already getting across the Atlantic’ - Emma Giacon, The Bookseller
‘The Nele Neuhaus thriller that’s captivated Germany (and been compared to Stieg Larsson) is finally getting published in the UK. The whodunit about two 17-year-old girls who go missing is filled with forensic detail and rattles along at a breakneck pace’ - Grazia
‘Nele Neuhaus has made quite a splash in her native Germany with her series of books about Hofheim regional crime unit’s oddly aristo detective Oliver von Bodenstein and his sidekick DI Pia Kirchoff - Metro
Already a bestseller across Europe, top selling German crime author Nele Neuhaus makes her UK debut with what I believe is the fourth of her crime series, Snow White Must Die, featuring detectives DI Pia Kirchhoff and... More
The title of this book ensured that it had to go on my to-read list, who could resist something as stark as this? I assumed that it was likely to be in the style of some of the Scandi crime novels that have taken over... More
I thoroughly enjoyed this book which has more twists and turns than a corkscrew. A great story which held my attention from the first page to the last. If you like a good crime thriller / mystery you will enjoy this... More
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