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Snow White Must Die

Minotaur: St. Martin's. Jan. 2013. 352p. tr. from German by Steven T. Murray. ISBN 9780312604257. $24.99; eISBN 9781250012098. M
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On a cold and gray November morning, Tobias Sartorius is released from prison. After ten long years, most of it in solitary confinement, Tobias goes home to a community where he is despised, his father ruined and bankrupt, and his mother mysteriously attacked the day of his return. Charged with the deaths of two local teenaged beauties, Tobias had been easily convicted, particularly since he claimed to have zero memory of the events, had been witnessed to be severely intoxicated, and had woken up the next morning in clothes drenched in blood. But something's not right. Though miserable and plagued with feelings of guilt, Tobias remains uncertain that he committed the crimes. These doubts, combined with his mother's death and the overture of friendship from a teenaged newcomer to the village, set the stage for a series of twists, betrayals, and assaults that keep readers turning the pages up to the unpredictable ending.
VERDICT An international best seller, German author Neuhaus's second entry in a projected five-book series (but the first to be published in English) follows two German detectives, stoic and troubled Oliver von Bodenstein and harried but intuitive Pia Kirchhoff, through an addictively engaging mystery filled with suspects, confusion, love, and fear. Sure to intrigue and satisfy mystery fans, especially those who love international crime procedurals. [See Prepub Alert, 8/20/12.]
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