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**A mysterious and captivating tale of love, fear and superstition set in the Icelandic wilderness . . .** **'An Icelandic *Jane Eyre'****SUNDAY TIMES*** 'Gripped me in a cold fist. Beautiful'** SARA COLLINS **'Enthralling'** STACEY HALLS '**Moving and atmospheric'** LAURA PURCELL * * * **1686, Iceland.** When Rósa is betrothed to Jón Eiríksson, she is sent to a remote village. There she finds a man who refuses to speak of his recently deceased first wife, and villagers who view her with suspicion. Isolated and disturbed by her husband's strange behaviour, her fears deepen. *What is making the strange sounds in the attic?* *Who does the mysterious glass figure she is given represent?* ** *And why do the villagers fear the fast-approaching winter? . . .* *****_*** _ **'A perfect, gripping winter read. I loved it'** SOPHIE MACKINTOSH **'Crackles with tension. Moving and atmospheric, I couldn't put it down'** LAURA PURCELL **'Memorable and compelling. A novel about what haunts us - and what should'** SARAH MOSS, author of *GHOST WALL* **'Evocative, compelling, with a brilliant twist'***DAILY EXPRESS* **'Intensely written and atmospheric, with an unusual setting'***DAILY MAIL* ** 'A chilling tale'***GOOD HOUSEKEEPING* **'Like a ghost story told around a winter fire'***TIM LEACH,* author of *SMILE OF THE WOLF* SHORTLISTED FOR THE HISTORICAL WRITERS ASSOCIATION DEBUT AWARD