The original Scandinavian thriller

One snowy day in Copenhagen, six-year-old Isaiah falls to his death from a city rooftop.The police pronounce it an accident. But Isaiah's neighbour, Smilla, an expert in the ways of snow and ice, suspects murder. She embarks on a dangerous quest to find the truth, following a path of clues as clear to her as footsteps in the snow.

Peter Høeg was born in 1957 and followed various callings - dancer, actor, fencer, sailor, mountaineer - before he turned seriously to writing. He published his first novel in 1988, a book which was acclaimed in Denmark byInformationas evidence enough that Høeg was 'the foremost writer of his generation'. It is now published in English asThe History of Danish Dreams. With the publication of his crime novelMiss Smilla's feeling for Snowhe achieved an international reputation and found a settled place of the bestseller lists.

A beautifully packaged reissue of this classic Scandinavian crime novel, to celebrate 21 years since its first UK publication