"Beautiful writing and a creeping chilling tension combine in this atmospheric novel set in northern Sweden."
A beautifully written, smart yet dark novel novel of suspense and tension. A family from a small nearly abandoned village in northern Sweden find themselves a target when rumours suggest that they own a fortune. I absolutely raved about Stina Jackson’s award-winning debut, The Silver Road, and this her second novel hits the just the right notes too.
She has the ability to inject moments of light and hope within the darkness that holds the story in its grasp. Translated by Susan Beard, I could feel all the differences of Sweden yet felt entirely at home within the words. The background tale from 1998 begins to fill in the gaps in the present. A real sense of menace is created, and something unforgivable lurks, waiting to be found.
The characters are as deep as the tone is dark, and I read with bated breath. The Last Snow cements Stina Jackson as an author to watch, this is a story that just thrums with foreboding atmosphere and demands to be read, highly recommended.
What secrets are hidden within the walls of a desolate farmhouse in a forgotten corner of Lapland?
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What secrets are hidden within the walls of a desolate farmhouse in a forgotten corner of Lapland? Early spring has its icy grip on OEdesmark, a small village in northernmost Sweden, abandoned by many of its inhabitants.
The Last Snow features in the following genres: Crime and Mystery, Books of the Month, Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Thriller and Suspense, Fiction in translation, Fiction, Recommendations, General Fiction, Fiction: special features
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The Last Snow was written by Stina Jackson and published by Corvus an imprint of Atlantic Books
The Last Snow has 375 pages
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