<p><i>City of Ice</i>, John Farrow's first book in his acclaimed Emile Cinq-Mars series, which has been hailed by<i>Booklist</i> as &quot;one of the best series in crime fiction,&quot; has been published in over 17 countries. Now with<i>The Storm Murders,</i> the series continues.</p><p>On the day after a massive blizzard, two policemen are called to an isolated farm house sitting all by itself in the middle of a pristine snow-blanketed field. Inside the lonely abode are two dead people. But there are no tracks in the snow leading either to the house or away. What happened here? Is this a murder/suicide case? Or will it turn into something much more sinister?</p><p>John Farrow is the pen name of Trevor Ferguson, a Canadian writer who has been named Canada's best novelist in both Books in Canada and the Toronto Star. This is the first of a trilogy he is writing for us called The Storm Murders trilogy. Each book features Emile Cinq-Mars, the Hercule Poirot of Canada, and extreme weather conditions.</p>