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.
Stef Penney Books
January 1, 1969
Stef Penney crafts narratives that delve into the stark beauty and hidden darkness within the human psyche. Her literary style, informed by a background in filmmaking, is marked by vivid descriptions and a palpable sense of atmosphere. Through her storytelling, the author often explores the psychological depths of her characters, examining their motivations and internal conflicts. Penney writes with a profound understanding of the human condition, offering readers an engaging and thought-provoking literary experience.
Ten-year anniversary edition of this bestselling book, with exclusive extra content. 1867, Canada: as winter tightens its grip on the isolated settlement of Dove River, a man is brutally murdered and a 17-year old boy disappears. Tracks leaving the dead man's cabin head north towards the forest and the tundra beyond. One-by-one various searchers set out from Dove River, pursuing the tracks across a desolate landscape home only to wild animals, madmen and fugitives, variously seeking a murderer, a son, two sisters missing for 17 years, a Native American culture, and a fortune in stolen furs before the snows settle and cover the tracks of the past for good. In this modern classic, Stef Penney deftly weaves adventure, suspense, revelation and humour into a panoramic historical romance, an exhilarating thriller, and keen murder mystery that vividly conjures up the sights and smells of Canada's frontier country.
The Invisible Ones
- 533 pages
- 19 hours of reading
Set in the 1980s in rural southern England, this is a darkly compelling mystery about a gypsy family dogged by misfortune.
Flora Mackie first crossed the Arctic Circle at the age of twelve, and fell in love with the land and people of the far north. In 1889, the whaler's daughter from Dundee sets out to become a scientist and explorer. She struggles to be taken seriously
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.
Ein fesselnder Roman über Privatdetektiv Ray Lovell, der dem Rätsel um das seit über sechs Jahren verschwundene Roma-Mädchen Rose nachgeht. Während er in ein Netz aus Geheimnissen und Lügen eintaucht, wird ihm die Wahrheit fast zum Verhängnis. Nur der 14-jährige JJ scheint Antworten zu suchen.