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Death in a Cold Climate

Robert Barnard author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Pan Macmillan

Published:4th Oct '18

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A classic murder mystery from award winning crime writer, Robert Barnard

A classic murder mysteryfrom Robert Barnard


It was midday on December 21st in the Norwegian city of Tromsø when the boy was last seen – a tall, blond boy swathed in an anorak and scarf against the Arctic noon. He was not seen again, not until three months later, when Professor Mackenzie’s dog started sniffing around in the snow and uncovered a human ear . . . attached to a naked corpse.

Nobody knew who he was, or where he had come from. And after three months it was almost impossible to track down the identity of the corpse. But Inspector Fagermo refused to give up – and as he probed deeper into the Arctic city he began to discover a dangerous conspiracy of blackmail, espionage, and cold-blooded murder.

Regarded as Robert Barnard's best, Death in a Cold Climate is a scandi detective novel with a captivating mystery at its heart.

Fascinating and highly recommended * Now Magazine *
Supurb. An excellent psychological thriller * Publishers Weekly *
Barnard’s Best -- H.R.F. Keating * The Times *
One of the leading exponents of the traditional English murder mystery * The Guardian *
Maliciously funny, closely plotted, acutely observed and genuinely puzzling -- Robin Winks * The New Republic *

ISBN: 9781509866977

Dimensions: 196mm x 129mm x 13mm

Weight: 154g

176 pages