Smilla's Sense of Snow

Summary

"Smilla's Sense of Snow" is a detective novel by Danish author Peter Høeg, published in 1992. The story unfolds in Copenhagen and follows Smilla Jaspersen, a woman of Greenlandic descent with a unique intuition and understanding of snow. When a boy from her building, Isaiah, falls from a roof and dies, the police conclude it was an accident. However, Smilla, relying on her knowledge of snow, determines that the boy's death was intentional. As she begins her own investigation, she delves into a complex world of scientific conspiracies and corporate intrigue, leading her deeper into the labyrinth of secrets surrounding Isaiah's death. In her quest for truth, Smilla travels to various corners of the globe, including Greenland, where she unravels the mysteries of the ice and her own past.