The Tenderness of Wolves - Hardcover

Penney, Stef

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1905204817 ISBN 13: 9781905204816

Publisher: Quercus Publishing, 2006

Synopsis

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. In the wake of such violence, people are drawn to the township - journalists, Hudson's Bay Company men, trappers, traders - but do they want to solve the crime, or exploit it? One-by-one the assembled 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 forgotten Native American culture, and a fortune in stolen furs before the snows settle and cover the tracks of the past for good. In an astonishingly assured debut, Stef Penney deftly weaves adventure, suspense, revelation and humour into a panoramic historical romance, an exhilarating thriller, a keen murder mystery and ultimately, with the sheer scope and quality of her storytelling, one of the books of the year.

About this title

About the Author

Stef Penney grew up in Edinburgh. She has degrees in Philosophy and Theology and Film and TV, and was selected for the Carlton Television New Writers Scheme and has since written and directed two short films. She is the author of The Tenderness of Wolves and The Invisible Ones.

From the Back Cover

1867, Canada
On the edge of a vast landscape of snow and ice, a woman, no longer young, steels herself for the journey of a lifetime.

From the Inside Flap

As winter tightens its grip on the isolated settlement of Dove River, a man is brutally murdered and a seventeen-year-old boy disappears. Tracks leaving the dead man s cabin head north towards the forest and the tundra beyond. In the wake of such violence, people are drawn to the township journalists, Hudson s Bay Company men, trappers, traders but do they want to solve the crime, or exploit it?

One by one, the assembled 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 seventeen years and a forgotten Native American culture, before the snows settle and cover the tracks of the past for good.

In an astonishingly assured debut, Stef Penney deftly weaves adventure, suspense, revelation and humour into an exhilarating thriller, a panoramic historical romance, a keen murder mystery and ultimately, with the sheer scope and quality of her storytelling, one of the books of the year.

Edition details

• Publisher: Quercus Publishing
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1905204817
• ISBN 13: 9781905204816
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 466