Zusatztext unquestionably atmospheric! evocative and eventually rewarding - Independent On Sunday Informationen zum Autor Stef Penney grew up in Edinburgh. She is the author of the international bestseller, The Tenderness of Wolves, winner of the overall Costa Award; The Invisible Ones; Under a Pole Star, shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award, and The Beasts of Paris . Stef lives in London, E8. Klappentext 1867, Canada. As winter tightens its grip on the isolated settlement of Dove River, a woman steels herself for the journey of a lifetime. A man has been brutally murdered and her seventeen-year-old son has disappeared. The violence has re-opened old wounds and inflamed deep-running tensions in the frontier township - some want to solve the crime; others seek only to exploit it. To clear her son's name, she has no choice but to follow the tracks leaving the dead man's cabin and head north into the forest and the desolate landscape that lies beyond it... "a remarkable literary debut ... brilliantly assured, subtly written." Scotsman "a fascinating, suspense-filled adventure." Sunday Telegraph "a suspenseful epic, offering a leitmotif of constant unease ... impressive." Guardian A panoramic epic, a magnificent piece of storytelling, an unforgettable debut novel Zusammenfassung A panoramic epic, a magnificent piece of storytelling, an unforgettable debut novel

unquestionably atmospheric, evocative and eventually rewarding - Independent On Sunday

Vorwort
A panoramic epic, a magnificent piece of storytelling, an unforgettable debut novel

Autorentext
Stef Penney grew up in Edinburgh. She is the author of the international bestseller, The Tenderness of Wolves, winner of the overall Costa Award; The Invisible Ones; Under a Pole Star, shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award, and The Beasts of Paris. Stef lives in London, E8.

Klappentext

1867, Canada.
As winter tightens its grip on the isolated settlement of Dove River, a woman steels herself for the journey of a lifetime. A man has been brutally murdered and her seventeen-year-old son has disappeared. The violence has re-opened old wounds and inflamed deep-running tensions in the frontier township - some want to solve the crime; others seek only to exploit it.
To clear her son's name, she has no choice but to follow the tracks leaving the dead man's cabin and head north into the forest and the desolate landscape that lies beyond it...
"a remarkable literary debut ... brilliantly assured, subtly written." Scotsman
"a fascinating, suspense-filled adventure." Sunday Telegraph
"a suspenseful epic, offering a leitmotif of constant unease ... impressive." Guardian

Zusammenfassung
A panoramic epic, a magnificent piece of storytelling, an unforgettable debut novel