Smilla's Sense of Snow

A "Time" Best Book of the Year . An "Entertainment Weekly" Best Book of the Year . A "People" Best Book of the Year . Winner of the CWA Silver Dagger Award . A Finalist for the Edgar Award for Best Mystery Novel . "Seductive a superbly constructed thriller."---"People" . "Splendid entertainment The suspense novel as exploration of the heart."---"The New York Times Book Review" . "Astonishing Like John le Carre and Graham Greene before him, Peter Hoeg has given a thriller moral and political resonance."---"Los Angeles Times" . "A considerable achievement, a riveting suspense tale."---Jane Smiley, "The Washington Post Book World ." "A book of considerable intelligence Demands to be read aloud and savored."---"The New Yorker" . "Wonderful A thriller like no other."---"Newsweek" . "Enchanting."---"Chicago Tribune ." "Beautifully written and beautifully translated."---"The Seattle Times ." "The best thriller] I've read in years."---"The New Republic ." "Peter Hoeg has shown himself to be a writer of real stature."---"The Times" (London) . "One never wants to stop reading."---" Orlando Sentinel"

First published in 1992, "Smilla's Sense of Snow "instantly became an international sensation. When caustic Smilla Jaspersen discovers that her neighbor---a neglected six-year-old boy, and possibly her only friend---has died in a tragic accident, a peculiar intuition tells her it was murder. Unpredictable to the last page, "Smilla's Sense of" "Snow "is one of the most beautifully written and original crime stories of our time, a new classic."