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After her magnificent historical epic, The Beasts of Paris, Stef Penney returns to her heartland in this tense thriller set in a small Scandinavian town. Nordland. A region in the Norwegian Arctic, a remote valley that stretches from the sea up to the mountains and the glacier of the Blue Man. It is May. In Nordland it's a time of spring and school-leavers' celebrations - until Daniel, a popular teenage boy, goes missing. Conflicting stories c...

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In Paris 1870, three wandering souls find themselves in a city set to descend into war.'A historical epic that Jessie Burton fans will adore' GRAZIA'Exquisite, relevant and immersive' ANNA MAZZOLA'A triumph' GUARDIANAnne is a former patient from a women's asylum trying to carve out a new life for herself in a world that doesn't understand her. Newcomer Lawrence is desperate to develop his talent as a photographer and escape the restrictions of...

A dazzling, panoramic epic of love and survival set in late 19th century Paris in the vein of Hilary Mantel and Susanna Clarke from the award-winning author of THE TENDERNESS OF WOLVES and UNDER A POLE STAR, Immerse yourselves in Haussmann's newly built, beautiful City of Light on a mesmerizing journey with a peerless storyteller, A diverse group of characters find themselves in Paris during the build up to the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, con...

A dazzling, panoramic epic of love and survival set in late 19th century Paris in the vein of Hilary Mantel and Susanna Clarke from an award-winning author.

Enter the world of Haussmann's newly built City of Light: a dazzling, panoramic novel of love and survival set during the Siege of Paris in 1870.A diverse group of memorable characters find themselves in Paris during the build up to the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. Dreamer Anne is half-Haitian, possessed of incredible gifts, but with a past she tries to bury, Laurence is desperate to spread his wings, develop his talents as a photographer, and...

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 ...

1889: Als Flora mit zwölf das erste Mal die Arktis sieht, ist sie fasziniert. Seither ist es ihr größter Wunsch, Polarforscherin zu werden. Doch in dieser Männerwelt Fuß zu fassen scheint unmöglich. Jahrelang muss sie um Anerkennung kämpfen, dann führt sie der Zufall auf ein Expeditionsschiff, und ihr Traum wird Wirklichkeit. Hoch oben im ewigen Eis lernt sie Jakob kennen, Mitglied einer konkurrierenden Forschungsgruppe. Allen Widrigkeiten zum...

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Bajo la Estrella Polar es una nueva epopeya histórica de la premiada autora de La ternura de los lobos, especialmente recomendada para fans de Donna Tartt, Sarah Waters o Jessie Burton. Flora Mackie cruzó por primera vez el Círculo Polar Ártico a la edad de doce años. En 1889, esta hija de un capitán ballenero de Dundee (Escocia), apodada por la prensa «La Reina de las Nieves», se propuso convertirse en científica y exploradora. Tras luchar co...

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Der Bestseller aus Großbritannien Privatdetektiv Ray soll eine verschwundene junge Frau finden - Rose Janko. Doch verschwunden ist sie schon vor sechs Jahren. Warum hat damals niemand nach ihr gesucht? Warum jetzt? Die Familie schweigt, denn die Jankos sind eine Roma-Familie, die ganz unter sich bleibt - und vom Unglück verfolgt scheint, so sehr, dass man munkelt, es liege ein Fluch über der Familie ... Ray nimmt den Auftrag widerstrebend an. ...

In this brutal, epic debut novel, a man is found murdered and a 17-year-old boy is on the run. While vigilantes and rescue searchers head out to look for the fugitive, all the mother of the boy wants is her son back. She will do anything to see him home safe, even at the peril of her own life.

Flora Mackie was twelve when she first crossed the Arctic Circle on her father's whaling ship. Now she is returning to the frozen seas as the head of her own exploration expedition. Jakob de Beyn was raised in Manhattan, but his yearning for new horizons leads him to the Arctic as part of a rival expedition. But when he and Flora meet, all thoughts of science and exploration give way before a sudden, all-consuming love. The affair survives th...

Stef Penney, COSTA WINNING AUTHOR of THE TENDERNESS OF WOLVES, returns to the Arctic with 'A dazzling tale of romance and survival' (Guardian.) Perfect for fans of THE ESSEX SERPENT and TO THE BRIGHT EDGE OF THE WORLD. '[Penney writes] with a persuasive and appealing hunger . . . there is a touch of Donna Tartt here' The Times'In the masterfully evoked Arctic landscape and in her depictions of sex . . . she finds her true, dazzling stride' Gua...

Antes de que los rigores del invierno se ciernan sobre Dove River, un poblado fundado por pioneros escoceses en el noreste de Canadá, una mujer halla el cadáver de un trampero local al mismo tiempo que su hijo, de diecisiete años, desaparece en una excursión de pesca. Los hechos atraen hasta aquel remoto lugar a un variado grupo de personas dispuestas a esclarecer el crimen, o a beneficiarse de él, desde un joven delegado de la poderosa Hudson...

Before the accident that landed him in the hospital, private investigator Ray Lovell had been hired to find Rose Janko, the wife of a charismatic son of a traveling Gypsy family, who went missing seven years earlier. Half Romany himself, Ray is well aware that he's been chosen more for his blood than his investigative skills.

Canada, fine Ottocento. La vita di una piccola comunità della Columbia britannica, composta da tagliaboschi e cacciatori di pellicce, viene sconvolta dal misterioso delitto di un ricco commerciante francese, la cui vita appare costellata di enigmi e di trascorsi anche loschi, tutti da chiarire. I sospetti convergono sul figlio adottivo dei coniugi Ross, una coppia molto nota e stimata, il ragazzo è stato l'ultimo a vedere la vittima viva ed è ...