The Stain on the Snow Kate Allinson Sunday Times bestselling author of

Sunday Times bestselling author of Small Worlds and Open Water

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preferring the company of a handful of trusted men

I cannot remember when a novel has seduced me so completelyit feels as if a trusted old friend is telling you the story

The Stain on the Snow Kate Allinson Sunday Times bestselling author ofA bleak psychological noir set in an occupied, unnamed city. It follows Frank Friedmaier, a nineteen year old pimp and murderer living in his mother's brothel, as he descends into utter moral decay before finding a dark form of redemption through interrogation