I loved the huge twist at the end!
Having read a couple of Ross's newer books, I decided to go back to the beginning of the DI Barton series and listen to The Snow Killer. I love a police procedural and this was a great one, with twists and turns throughout the story, but a huge humdinger of a spiral at the end.
This differed from others I've read, because we know from the beginning who the killer is and why they are killing. What we don't know is if and when they're going to stop, and why some of the victims are dead.
Chapters skip between the viewpoints of The Snow Killer and DI Barton, and they are narrated very well by David Thorpe - although I did have to speed him up a little 😂
Thank you to Boldwood Books and Libro FM for the opportunity to listen to and review The Snow Killer by Ross Greenwood.
About the Book
‘Fear the north wind. Because no one will hear you scream…’
A family is gunned down in the snow but one of the children survives. Three years on, that child takes revenge and the Snow Killer is born. But then, nothing - no further crimes are committed, and the case goes cold.
Fifty years later, has the urge to kill been reawakened? As murder follows murder, the detective team tasked with solving the crimes struggle with the lack of leads. It’s a race against time and the weather – each time it snows another person dies.
As an exhausted and grizzled DI Barton and his team scrabble to put the pieces of the puzzle together, the killer is hiding in plain sight. Meanwhile, the murders continue…
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About Ross - by Ross
I was born in 1973 in Peterborough and lived there until I was 20, attending The King's School in the city. I then began a rather nomadic existence, living and working all over the country and various parts of the world.
I found myself returning to Peterborough many times over the years, usually when things had gone wrong. It was on one of these occasions that I met my partner about 100 metres from my back door whilst walking a dog. Two children swiftly followed. I'm still a little stunned by the pace of it now.
My first book Chancer was written after I decided to do something challenging while my knees permitted. No skydiving for me. I became a prison officer for four years. Ironically it was the four a.m. feed which gave me the opportunity to finish the book as unable to get back to sleep I completed it in the early morning hours.
It's surprising for me to realise I've written twenty books now. There are three strands, one where the books concern lives affected by prison, and then my detective series starring DI John Barton. The first Barton book, The Snow Killer hit the coveted number one spot on KOBO and AUDIBLE, with the rest of the series not far behind.
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