Wolf Winter: Winner of the 2016 HWA Goldsboro Debut Crown Award
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'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
There are six homesteads on Blackasen Mountain.
A day's journey away lies the empty town. It comes to life just once, in winter, when the Church summons her people through the snows. Then, even the oldest enemies will gather.
But now it is summer, and new settlers are come.
It is their two young daughters who find the dead man, not half an hour's walk from their cottage.
The father is away. And whether stubborn, or stupid, or scared for her girls, the mother will not let it rest.
To the wife who is not concerned when her husband does not come home for three days; to the man who laughs when he hears his brother is dead; to the priest who doesn't care; she asks and asks her questions,
digging at the secrets of the mountain.
Read MorePraise for Wolf Winter
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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
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The most brilliantly, dark, eerie, intriguing tale I've ever read. Think The Killing and then square it. - Ruby Wax
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Exquisitely suspenseful, beautifully written, and highly recommended - Lee Child
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Cecilia Ekback provides something fresh. . . haunting . . . ugly secrets are soon brought to light at the cost of great danger to Maija and her family. Highly individual fare. - Financial Times
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A gripping debut in the vein of Hannah Kent's Burial Rites - The Bookseller
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A gripping murder mystery - Good Housekeeping
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It's rare to come across such an original, compelling and beautifully written novel... supported by richly drawn characters, magical language and so many twists and turns that you'll be reading and shivering into the wee hours. - Pam Lewis, author of Speak Softly, She Can Hear and A Young Wife
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As dark as a winter night in the Arctic, as magical as the northern lights, Wolf Winter kept me turning pages long past my bedtime. A marvellous mixture of terror and delight - Lauren B. Davis, author of The Empty Room and Against a Darkening Sky
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