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"Michael Slade's books are blood-chilling, spine-tingling, gut-wrenching, stomach-churning, and a much closer look at the inside of a maniac's brain than most people would find comfortable - but always riveting." - Diana Gabaldon, the # 1 New York Times bestselling author of the Outlander series
"As always with Slade, a cracking good detective story." - Anne Perry, Britain's queen of historical detective fiction, the William Monk and Thomas Pitt series
"RED SNOW is crisply-written, sly and exciting. Michael Slade is a writer who clearly knows how to tell a story and make it real." - Robert McCammon, New York Times bestselling author of SWAN SONG, BOY'S LIFE, and the Matthew Corbett series
"Another Slade Slam-dunk!" - Jack Whyte, bestselling author of the Camulod Chronicles, the Templar trilogy, and the Guardians series
"RED SNOW is Michael Slade in top form with his trademarked relentless pacing and one of the most ingenious and unsettling murder weapons ever imagined." - F. Paul Wilson, New York Times bestselling author of the Repairman Jack series
Someone is bushwhacking athletes preparing for the Winter Olympics.
Soon, a raging winter storm and a deranged killer's team of mercenaries cut Whistler Mountain off from the rest of the world.
Bent on bloody revenge, Mephisto has returned with his sights set on C/Supt. Robert DeClercq. His elaborate plan includes assassinating anyone connected with the Mountie who can ID him. And that's just the start of his horrific doomsday scheme.
To thwart the megalomaniac, Special X and the reader must solve 2 whodunits, 2 howdunits, 2 locked room puzzles, and a dying message.
Let the games begin!
"In the annals of dark fiction, Canada can claim one true champion in Michael Slade. In his latest mind-bender, the plot yanks you compulsively toward its solution, and the shocks make you jerk back in fright." - Toronto Star
"Red snow indeed! This one is guaranteed to keep you awake with the lights burning."
- The Globe and Mail
"Whistler Past the Graveyard. Michael Slade won't be winning any gold medal of appreciation from Tourism Whistler in the next decade." - National Post
"The title says it all. The body count begins to mount on page 2. Neither the death toll nor the frenetic pace lets up as Slade charges through a winter wonderland gone bad."
- The Vancouver Sun
"Very good twists, and a great villain. Mephisto, who seems to have attained a new level of insanity, is the kind of homicidal maniac you can't take your eyes off. The writing is tight and compelling." - Winnipeg Free Press
"If you've got the stomach for the strong stuff, RED SNOW gets the job done."
- Calgary Herald
"The bloody action doesn't slow down until the final gunshots. A pedal-to-the-metal thriller that's got readers on the edge of their seats and reviewers raving." - Whistler Question
"In this nail-biting novel, Slade has clearly done his ski bum homework. Um, is it too late to rent out my place and get the hell out of Dodge?" - Pique: Whistler's Newsmagazine
"RED SNOW is Ian Fleming-esque in its narrative drive. Mephisto makes Hannibal Lecter look like a dime store hoodlum." - Fangoria
"Any Olympic security officer would have nightmares reading RED SNOW."
- Halifax Chronicle Herald
"It's a little like Agatha Christie meets Alistair Maclean, but the resulting body count would have shocked both authors. The snow really does run red in Whistler as Mephisto's ingenious, horrifying Dr. Phibes-like killing gadgets begin to take their toll. It's a taut, unpredictable thriller, and another bull's-eye for Slade." - ChiZine
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