The Dead of Winter Paperback by Rennie Airth

Product Details

• Publisher: Penguin Canada (2010-07-20)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 416 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780143171188
• Item Weight: 399.17 grams
• Dimensions: 8.28 x 5.32 x 1.13 cm

On a freezing London night in 1944, Rosa Nowak, is brutally killed during a blackout. The police suspect she was the victim of a random act of violence, and might have dropped the case if former police investigator John Madden hadn’t been the victim’s employer

Madden's old colleagues at Scotland Yard are working on the case but t heir only lead points towards war-torn Europe. As the fighting sweeps across the continent, will they find the killer before he strikes again?

With rich psychological insight and vivid historical detail, the riveting third novel in the Madden series is a masterpiece of crime fiction.

About the Author

RENNIE AIRTH was born in South Africa and worked as a foreign correspondent for Reuters before becoming a novelist. He is the author of two other John Madden mysteries, River of Darkness —a finalist for the Edgar Award for Best Novel and a Macavity Award for Best Mystery, and a New York Times Notable Book—and The Blood-Dimmed Tide.  Rennie lives in Italy.