The Body in the Snow

"The Body in the Snow" is a detective story, where collecting evidence and search for a motive (and subsequently the murderer) is clearly the focus of the story. Throughout this investigation we learn more and more about the family of the victim, and so for me it was only half a 'whodunit' and the other half was 'family drama'. Either way, the writing was quite good and the main protagonist likable. The rest of his team are only supporting charaters, and I was actually surprised that the CSI trainee who found the body in the snow does not play any role further on in the case. Since this is my first book in this series, I couldn't relate to the hints to a previous case involving Gillards aunt Trish. This side story remained a bit mysterious to me. But all in all I enjoyed this thriller, that was more interesting and puzzling than really suspenseful.