Season of Snows and Sins (Inspector Henry Tibbett Mystery)

Henry and Emmy Tibbett are on a holiday in the picturesque Alpine village of Montarraz when a popular ski instructor is murdered, apparently by his long-suffering wife, who was distraught after his affair with Giselle Arnay, the French film star. Yet the jet-set crowd with whom Giselle shares a ski chalet seem almost too anxious to see the young widow found guilty, leading Henry to suspect something more than adultery may have been the real motive for the crime. Soon not even the sparkling layers of snow can conceal a deeply buried scandal that involves some of the most powerful people in the French society. Henry and Emmy Tibbett are on Holiday in the alpine village of Montarraz when a popular ski instructor is murdered. His wife is distraught over his affair with Giselle Arnay, a French Film Star.The jet-setting crowd that shares a chalet with the couple are all to eager to have the wife convicted of murder, leading Henry to believe that there is a different motive to the murder. Henry Tibbett, Chief Superintendent of Scotland Yard, must uncover the deeply buried scandal that involves some of the most powerful people in French society. When his wife Emmy is involved, no criminal stands a chance of escape! Jane, a widowed sculptress and an old friend of the Tibbetts, settles in Switzerland after her husband's death. Gradually she gets to know people in the village, varying from the shopkeepers and ski instructors to wealthy celebrities. Her cleaning lady is then arrested on suspicion of murdering her philandering husband. Jane's evidence is an important element of the prosecution. Naturally, Jane finds all this very distressing and discusses the case with Henry and Emmy Tibbett, who do some investigation of their own.