by Carol O ' Connell (Author)
A reclusive senior citizen kills an intruder but there's more to the story. In Carol O'Connell's new novel New York City officer Kathleen Mallory purges a woman of her mysterious past and the flesh-and-blood ghosts of a violent family legacy."
Format: Paperback
Pages: 368
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Berkley
Published: 06 Sep 2005
ISBN 10: 0425204650
ISBN 13: 9780425204658
Pure O'Connell...[her] fans will be knocked out by this one. --San Jose Mercury News
Scores on all levels. A densely plotted modern gothic and police procedural in one. O'Connell keeps the tension and suspense high right through to the surprising end. --Detroit Free Press
Carol O'Connell's Mallory is surely one of the genre's oddest and most interesting creations...[a] unique bundle of twisted talents, who we have come to O'Connell for, and once again, neither woman disappoints us. --Chicago Tribune
Dubious deeds are just the tip of the ice pick in the hands of O'Connell. Vivid prose keeps the pages turning in this intricate tale of betrayal [and] buried secrets. --Publishers Weekly
O'Connell serves up the requisite pieces...and twists them beyond recognition into another enjoyably idiosyncratic tale...[a] gleeful breaking of the usual rules. --The Baltimore Sun
Winter House is a fantastic police procedural filled with plenty of action...Mallory is a terrific lead character...a fabulous New York mystery. --Midwest Book Review