Winter's End is a grim and compelling psychological thriller which marks Rickards out as a key new voice in crime thriller fiction. Ex-FBI agent turned private investigator, Rourke knows about the twisted minds of murderers. If anyone can get inside the head of a tricky suspect, he can. But the killer in Winter's End is playing a clever game and it is imperative that Rourke plays to win. How does he know so much about the local area? Has he been there before? Strange, in that case, since no one recognises him. And how does he know so much about Rourke: his history in the FBI; the death of his parents? Debut novels often have a tentative feel: not so here. Rickards delivers the good like an old hand.
