K J Rabane

When the snow came K J Rabane

WHEN THE SNOW CAME is the fifth novel in the Richie Stevens investigates series. When Judith Weston leaves her handbag on a bus, this insignificant event is responsible for unlocking the past. Annie Troughton has a secret, which she is desperate to hide, John Banks fears his wife Katie is damaged by her past, a child adopted at birth has killed a cat and another searches for his mother. All these characters are linked to the woman who is living a quiet life in Lockford on the south coast of England, where Richie Stevens has his office. All of them have a motive to commit a murder. Richie's investigations into a murder are complicated by his unspoken feelings for his assistant Sandy Smith whom he fears is about to leave and seek work in London.