'Like a silent fall of snow; suddenly, the reader is enveloped...visually acute, skilfully written; it won't easily erase its tracks in the reader's mind.' HILARY MANTEL, author of Wolf Hall and Bring Up The Bodies 'Fans of The Miniaturist will love flashing back to the dark bleakness of 1717 Laplan[...]

'Wolf winter, ' she said, her voice small. 'I wanted to ask about it. You know, what it is.'
He was silent for a long time. 'It's the kind of winter that will remind us we are mortal, ' he said. 'Mortal and alone.' Swedish Lapland, 1717. Maija, her husband Paavo and her daughters Frederika and Do[...]