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Genre/Form: | Fiction Thrillers (Fiction) Romans, nouvelles, etc |
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Material Type: | Fiction |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Stef Penney |
ISBN: | 9780857388797 0857388797 |
OCLC Number: | 752785270 |
Notes: | Previous edition: 2006. |
Awards: | Winner of Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2008 Winner of Costa First Novel Award 2006 Winner of Costa Book of the Year 2006 |
Description: | 1 volume ; 20 cm |
Responsibility: | Stef Penney. |
Abstract:
1867, Canada: as winter tightens its grip on the isolated settlement of Dove River, a man is brutally murdered and a 17-year old boy disappears.
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'An intensely atmospheric murder mystery ... Penney's immense tale allows one to feel the tundra's perishing chill in the bones, every bit as authentically as the wintry tableaux of Annie Proulx' Sunday Times. 'A terrific, gripping piece of storytelling, the meticulous plot executed with tremendous panache' Evening Standard. '... spine-tingling, Western-style debut ... her books are tinged with the macabre' Metro. Read more...

