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The First Death of Winter
The First Death of Winter
"The First Death of Winter" is Kevin Wignall's 13th adult novel. Matty Burkhalter works as a night supervisor on the Klimsen, a mountaintop visitor center and hotel in Switzerland. It's a job he likes - low profile, not public-facing, avoiding people who might ask questions about his past.
With the cable car suspended by an early winter storm, the mountain is evacuated, leaving Matty alone. But then a high school hiking party emerges from the storm and has to stay the night. When one of the students is stabbed to death, it soon becomes apparent that Matty isn't the only one with secrets.
As the authority figure, it falls to Matty to keep everything under control until the storm abates and the police can get there. His job isn't to investigate the murder, but with an unlikely sidekick in the guise of the North Korean student, Kun-woo, that's exactly what he ends up doing. And he knows that if he's to avoid the police asking questions about his own history, he'll need to solve the crime before the storm passes...
“The First Death of Winter” was published worldwide in the English language in February 2024.