Bøker av Stef Penney

Author of the Costa-prizewinning, world-wide bestseller The Tenderness of Wolves, Stef Penney, returns to her heartland in this tense mystery set in a small Scandinavian town.

Author of the Costa-prizewinning, world-wide bestseller The Tenderness of Wolves, Stef Penney, returns to her snow-covered heartland in this tense mystery 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 glaciers. It is May in what was once a prosperous mining community. The snows are nearly gone and it's a time of spring and school-leavers' celebrations - until Daniel, a popular teenage boy, goes missing. Conflicting stories circulate among his friends, of parties and wild behaviour. As the search for Daniel widens, the police open a disused mine in the mountains. They find human remains, but this body has been there for decades, its identity a mystery.Everyone in this tight knit, isolated community is touched by these events: misanthropic Svea, whose long life in the area stretches back to the heyday of the mines, and beyond. She has cut all ties with her family, except for her granddaughter, Elin, an outsider like her grandmother. Elin and her friend Benny, both impacted by Daniel while he was alive, become entangled in the hunt for answers, while Svea has deep, dark secrets of her own.

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.

Følg veien til det iskalde nord. Følg ambisjonene dine. Følg hjertet.12 år gammel krysser Flora Mackie polarsirkelen for første gang. Det blir starten på en livslang kjærlighet til Arktis. Hennes høyeste ønske er å bli polarforsker, men i den mannsdominerte verden hun vokser opp i, virker det som en fjern drøm. Men Flora trosser tidens konvensjoner, utdanner seg til meteorolog og vender etter mange år tilbake til det nordlige Grønland som leder for en britisk vitenskapelig ekspedisjon.Der treffer hun Jakob, som er med på en konkurrerende ekspedisjon. Det blir et skjebnesvangert møte, der lidenskap og ambisjoner kolliderer og det oppstår en uimotståelig tiltrekning. De ekstreme forholdene i nord opptar dem begge: evige netter og endeløse dager, islagt hav og grønne kystlandslandskaper. Landet har en merkelig dragning på mennesker som ønsker å sette spor etter seg i denne verdenen - en jakt etter ære og berømmelse som vil sette spor etter seg i årene som kommer.

A panoramic historical epic and an unforgettable love story from the author of the Costa-winning The Tenderness of Wolves, for fans of Sarah Perry, Jessie Burton and Donna Tartt

A panoramic epic, a magnificent piece of storytelling, an unforgettable debut novel

Set in the 1980s in rural southern England, this is a darkly compelling mystery about a gypsy family dogged by misfortune.