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In an ice-bound river, a professor's wife has drowned, and the unruffled surface of campus life at Atherton University is becoming agitated. Randall has had an affair with the professor, and revelations are pending in the local press. Rumours grow, and people in the town make connections with a similar death many years earlier, and the deception that binds the three friends together threatens to destroy them utterly.
It would be foolish to deny that the plot does not have strong echoes of Donna Tartt's much-acclaimed The Secret History, but Christopher Rice is very much his own man and such allusions are only momentarily distracting. Perhaps the gothic elements (so skilfully handled here) should not be too much of a surprise, as the author's mother is no less than Anne Rice, doyenne of the epic vampire novel. And as this contemporary horror story moves ineluctably to its chilling conclusion, Anne Rice may not be pleased by the fact that her son's book is considerably more impressive than anything she herself has done in some time. And the pulse-racing set-pieces here will no doubt soon be inspiring a bidding war in Hollywood. --Barry Forshaw
Praised as "an engaging, chilling tale," Christopher Rice's artful and erotic "New York Times" bestseller entices readers into the unspoken recesses of desire, corruption, and true horror.
"Library Journal"
Rife with murder, fear, madness, and homoeroticism.
"Booklist"
An enthralling narrative....[Rice] expertly builds suspense.
"The London Times"
Rice's novels are becoming as addictive as those of his mother, Anne.
"Out magazine"
A dark, moody thriller...moves at full speed, and starts twisting from page one.
"The Advocate"
"The Snow Garden" offers finely nuanced character studies as its pages whiz by to its chilling conclusion.
"The Advocate"
Rice creates rich, enigmatic characters along with his plot reversals. Like a yarn by Stephen King crossed
with a tale by Edmund White.
"Booklist" An enthralling narrative....[Rice] expertly builds suspense.
"The London Times" Rice's novels are becoming as addictive as those of his mother, Anne.
"The Advocate" Rice creates rich, enigmatic characters along with his plot reversals. Like a yarn by Stephen King crossed with a tale by Edmund White.
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