The Stain on the Snow Kate Allinson I cannot remember when a

I cannot remember when a novel has seduced me so completelyit feels as if a trusted old friend is telling you the story

Alex Mavros is pitted against a ruthless and depraved killer

several people seem inordinately interested in his find

‘That most exciting psychological thriller in which the darkest dangers lurk in a suspicious mind and a guilty heart’ A J FINN

ambitious designer-dressmaker Rose Burnham knows well both the strains of her profession and the secrets it can yield

The Stain on the Snow Kate Allinson I cannot remember when aA bleak psychological noir set in an occupied, unnamed city. It follows Frank Friedmaier, a nineteen year old pimp and murderer living in his mother's brothel, as he descends into utter moral decay before finding a dark form of redemption through interrogation