A <I>Time</I> Best Book of the Year · An <I>Entertainment Weekly</I> Best Book of the Year · A <I>People</I> Best Book of the Year · Winner of the CWA Silver Dagger Award · A Finalist for the Edgar Award for Best Mystery Novel · "Seductive… a superbly constructed thriller."---<I>People</I> · "Splendid entertainment…The suspense novel as exploration of the heart."---<I>The New York Times Book Review</I> · "Astonishing… Like John le Carré and Graham Greene before him, Peter Høeg has given a thriller moral and political resonance."---<I>Los Angeles Times</I> · "A considerable achievement, a riveting suspense tale."---Jane Smiley, <I>The Washington Post Book World </I>· "A book of considerable intelligence…Demands to be read aloud and savored."---<I>The New Yorker</I> · "Wonderful…A thriller like no other."---<I>Newsweek</I> · "Enchanting."---<I>Chicago Tribune </I>· "Beautifully written and beautifully translated."---<I>The Seattle Times </I>· "The best [thriller] I've read in years."---<I>The New Republic </I>· "Peter Høeg has shown himself to be a writer of real stature."---<I>The Times</I> (London) · "One never wants to stop reading."---<I> Orlando Sentinel</I> </P></P>First published in 1992, <I>Smilla's Sense of Snow </I>instantly became an international sensation. When caustic Smilla Jaspersen discovers that her neighbor---a neglected six-year-old boy, and possibly her only friend---has died in a tragic accident, a peculiar intuition tells her it was murder. Unpredictable to the last page, <I>Smilla's Sense of</I> <I>Snow </I>is one of the most beautifully written and original crime stories of our time, a new classic.</P>