reviewed written by Sue Major & read live on bookshow august 2015
“Set in Canada in 1867 on the edge of a vast
landscape of ice and snow where a woman steels herself for a journey. “
This is a debut novel, a complicated book
that takes a while to get into. Its main character is Mrs Ross, a Scottish
pioneer who discovers the body of a murdered French trapper. Over the next few
days we learn that this is not the first death or accident in this
settlement....nor, after the disappearance of Mrs Ross' son, is it the first
disappearance. She is desperate to find
him and enlists Parker, a tracker , to help her. Though they are joined by
others it is the developing relationship between Mrs Ross and Parker which is
most central to the story, and between them several mysteries are solved.
I really liked this story, and I like the
way Stef Penney writes. It's a Costa winner , which I think is well deserved.
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