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The Summer Snow
The Summer Snow
Author: Rebecca Pawel
"A triumph of characterization, suspense and atmosphere. . . . While the mystery itself captivates from both a historic and topical perspective, the book's complex characters are even more impressive. . . . This beguiling novel will richly reward lovers of both mysteries and mainstream literary fiction."-Pu...  more » (starred review)   "A first-class, locked-room mystery. Pawel's books just keep getting better and better. Highly recommended."-Library Journal (starred review)   In the city of Granada, Spain, bastion of the conservative Catholic aristocracy, fear of the red menace remains strong in 1945. One rich, elderly lady summons the police to her home almost once a week, sure Communists are plotting against her. She changes her will almost as often. When she is found dead, the long-suffering police can't believe that she really may have been murdered. But as her latest will has vanished, the death must be investigated.   Influence is exerted to have Lieutenant Carlos Tejada Alonso y Leon transferred temporarily from Potes, in the northern mountains, to take charge because the old lady is his grandaunt. And one of the chief suspects is his father. The family expects Tejada to exonerate its members, but Tejada is a man who puts duty first.   Rebecca Pawel is twenty-eight, lives in New York City, and teaches Spanish and English in a Brooklyn high school. She is the author of Death of a Nationalist, Law of Return, and The Watcher in the Pine. Rebecca frequently travels to Spain.
ISBN-13: 9781569474433
ISBN-10: 1569474435
Publication Date: 1/3/2007
Pages: 288
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Publisher: Soho Crime
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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This is a very nice, but somber, conclusion to the series. Even with the end of World War II, life remains hard in Spain and the people still suffer the results of that country's civil war. So they try to manage as life slowly becomes better, and place their hopes on the next generation. Unfortunately, what happened in the civil war weighs hard on some in that generation also.


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