Fairy Snow

New psychological murder mystery from CORNELIUS WALTERS! "Cornelius Walters's FAIRY SNOW: A NOVEL is a compelling mixture of coming-of-age story and murder investigation with a dark secret at its heart...firmness of purpose makes FAIRY SNOW worth reading." - IndieReader 4/23/25 If you loved "Where the Crawdads Sing" you'll love FAIRY SNOW... A haunting melody spanning three generations A murder gone cold with time An expert investigator with an eerie connection... Richie Williams grew up in the 1960s in upstate NY with a troubled home life fueled by intellectual parents who fought their inherited diseases, the Catholic Church, and each other. Amidst the weekly death tolling of Vietnam and political assassinations, and the reactionary panacea of free love and drugs, he resorts to hunting the woods and swamps where he makes friends with Matthew, a home-schooled outcast. When murder comes to the small town of New Rome and the case goes cold, Richie, now an adolescent, realizes he will make detective work his life's path. Becoming a top-notch investigator who, late in his career, helps solve the case of a lifetime, finding clues, and parts of himself, he forgot he had hidden. A Mystery to the Last Page...