Night of the Ice Storm by David Stout

Night of the Ice Storm by David Stout

In the midst of a terrible ice storm, a homosexual priest makes a clumsy and totally unexpected pass at a young man and ends up dead. Twenty years later, a clue to the murderer is uncovered at an office party at the small-town newspaper setting the killer in motion to protect himself.

 

The plot is a good idea, but the novel never quite came together for me. Part of the problem was the dialogue. The characters also felt flat. In the mystery itself, there was good misdirection and it held my attention wanting to find out who the murderer was. That was enough for me to be glad I read it.