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  1. The Ice House (1992) is the first crime novel by English writer Minette Walters. The story was the recipient of a John Creasey award for best debut. Synopsis.

    • Minette Walters
    • 1992
  2. With this stunning debut--a marvelous marriage of classic convention and contemporary sophistication--Minette Walters sets a new standard of excellence for the mystery novel.The three women living in seclusion at an elegant Hampshire country house have long been fodder for village gossip...even whispers of a witches' coven.

  3. Winner of the CWA John Creasey/New Blood Dagger Award It's been ten years since Phoebe Marbury's husband disappeared from their country manor, Streech Grange, when one afternoon her gardener discovers a decomposed body in the ice house.

  4. Icehouse" had been written by Davies [13] when he lived at 18 Tryon Road, Lindfield in an old, cold flat of a two-storey mansion – across the street was a dishevelled house which had its lights on all night peopled by short-term residents. [11] Davies later learned it was a half-way house for psychiatric and drug rehab patients. [11]

  5. Clifton Taulbert. Clifton Taulbert (born 1945) is an American author, business consultant, and speaker. He is best known for his books Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored (1989) [1] and Eight Habits of the Heart: Embracing the Values that Build Strong Communities (1997). Taulbert offers courses in Character Education and Building Strong ...

  6. The Ice House is a solid crime novel from the early 90s. The setting - a stately manor house in the countryside - is rather reminiscent of Agatha Christie. However, Walters made a definite shift from the Christie tradition in several elements (especially the characters and the issue of mob mentality).

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  8. Dec 5, 2017 · Laura Lee Smith is the author of the novels THE ICE HOUSE (Grove Press 2017) and HEART OF PALM (Grove Press 2013). Her short fiction has been anthologized in BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES (2015) and NEW STORIES FROM THE SOUTH: THE YEAR'S BEST (2010). A writer who’s been praised for her “intelligence, heart, and wit” (Richard Russo, Pulitzer ...

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