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SHORTLISTED FOR THE GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARD
One of the most gripping and intriguing books I've read this year'
KATE MOSSE, AUTHOR OF LABYRINTH
Northern Iceland, 1829.
A woman condemned to death for murdering her lover. A family forced to take her in.
A priest tasked with absolving her.
But all is not as it seems, and time is running out: winter is coming, and with it the execution date.
Only she can know the truth. This is Agnes's story.
"This compelling, ripped-from-real-life tale reminds me of Margaret Atwood's Alias Grace'
KARIN SLAUGHTER, AUTHOR OF KISSCUT
A story of swirling sagas, poetry, bitterness, claustrophobia... holds an exhilaration that borders on the sublime'
SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
A debut of rare sophistication and beauty'
OBSERVER
One of the most gripping and intriguing books I've read this year'
KATE MOSSE, AUTHOR OF LABYRINTH
Northern Iceland, 1829.
A woman condemned to death for murdering her lover. A family forced to take her in.
A priest tasked with absolving her.
But all is not as it seems, and time is running out: winter is coming, and with it the execution date.
Only she can know the truth. This is Agnes's story.
"This compelling, ripped-from-real-life tale reminds me of Margaret Atwood's Alias Grace'
KARIN SLAUGHTER, AUTHOR OF KISSCUT
A story of swirling sagas, poetry, bitterness, claustrophobia... holds an exhilaration that borders on the sublime'
SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
A debut of rare sophistication and beauty'
OBSERVER