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Book Review of The Ice House

The Ice House
The Ice House
Author: Minette Walters
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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An elegant and original first mystery by this author, with some unusual insights into the friendships and loyalties between women... The three women living in seculusion at an elegant Hampshire country house have long been fodder for village gossip...even whispers of a witches' coven. So when a faceless corpse of uncertain vintage is found in the Streech Grange ice house, Chief Inspector Walsh can't wait to make a case of it.
Lady of the manor Phoebe Maybury, still haunted by Walsh's relentless investigation of her husband's strange disappearance ten years ago, is calm. She and her two housemates - sensitive, charming artist, Diana Goode and pretty, earthy Anne Cattrell - seem as puzzled as the police. But do they have something to hide?