The Tenderness of Wolves - Hardcover
When her teenage son disappears in the aftermath of a brutal murder, a determined mother sets out from her snow-covered nineteenth-century settlement to find him, an effort that is hampered by vigilante groups and the harrowing forces of nature.
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a tense and delicately written thriller - The Observer (Observer)
... a quite remarkable debut novel.' Birmingham Post (Birmingham Post)
“This subtle and superb novel brings the freezing landscape of the Canadian woods to such vivid life that the landscape itself becomes a strong character within the story. Once you have dived into the tiny, closeted world of Caulfield and its forbidding surroundings, you will certainly not wish to leave.” Crimesquad.com (Crimesquad.com)
... a highly-assured debut....Stef Penney has written an absorbing and stylish mystery. The Glasgow Herald (Glasgow Herald)
“...Stef Penney's hefty first novel The Tenderness of Wolves, mines her setting and period for all it's got and then some, injecting plenty of invented intrigue and Da Vinci Code like revelations of Huge Cultural Importance whenever she can. The result is an entertaining, well-constructed mystery that jazzes up the “real” history in a way that's more Ron Howard than Pierre Berton. It's...sexy, suspenseful, densely plotted storytelling...The Tenderness of Wolves remains a first-rate gripper with a notably sensual as well as psychological understanding of its main characters. More than this, it is a novel with far greater ambitions than your average thriller, combining as it does the themes of Conrad's Heart of Darkness with Atwood's Survival, and lashing them to a story that morphs Ian Rankin...” Andrew Pyper, The Globe and Mail (Globe and Mail)
unquestionably atmospheric, evocative and eventually rewarding - Independent On Sunday (Independent On Sunday)
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... a quite remarkable debut novel.' Birmingham Post (Birmingham Post)
“This subtle and superb novel brings the freezing landscape of the Canadian woods to such vivid life that the landscape itself becomes a strong character within the story. Once you have dived into the tiny, closeted world of Caulfield and its forbidding surroundings, you will certainly not wish to leave.” Crimesquad.com (Crimesquad.com)
... a highly-assured debut....Stef Penney has written an absorbing and stylish mystery. The Glasgow Herald (Glasgow Herald)
“...Stef Penney's hefty first novel The Tenderness of Wolves, mines her setting and period for all it's got and then some, injecting plenty of invented intrigue and Da Vinci Code like revelations of Huge Cultural Importance whenever she can. The result is an entertaining, well-constructed mystery that jazzes up the “real” history in a way that's more Ron Howard than Pierre Berton. It's...sexy, suspenseful, densely plotted storytelling...The Tenderness of Wolves remains a first-rate gripper with a notably sensual as well as psychological understanding of its main characters. More than this, it is a novel with far greater ambitions than your average thriller, combining as it does the themes of Conrad's Heart of Darkness with Atwood's Survival, and lashing them to a story that morphs Ian Rankin...” Andrew Pyper, The Globe and Mail (Globe and Mail)
unquestionably atmospheric, evocative and eventually rewarding - Independent On Sunday (Independent On Sunday)
Winner of the Costa Book Award 2007
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- PublisherThorndike Pr
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 1410403300
- ISBN 13 9781410403308
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages689
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