Stef Penney

Stef Penney, COSTA WINNING AUTHOR of THE TENDERNESS OF WOLVES, returns to the Arctic with 'A dazzling tale of romance and survival' (Guardian.) Perfect for fans of THE ESSEX SERPENT and TO THE BRIGHT EDGE OF THE WORLD. '[Penney writes] with a persuasive and appealing hunger . . . there is a touch of Donna Tartt here' The Times 'In the masterfully evoked Arctic landscape and in her depictions of sex . . . she finds her true, dazzling stride' Guardian' Flora Mackie first crossed the Arctic Circle at the age of twelve. In 1889, the whaler's daughter from Dundee - dubbed by the press 'The Snow Queen' - sets out to become a scientist and explorer. She struggles to be taken seriously but determination and chance lead her back to northern Greenland at the head of a British expedition, despite the many who believe that a young woman has no place in this harsh world of men. Geologist Jakob de Beyn was raised in Manhattan. Yearning for wider horizons, he joins a rival expedition, led by the furiously driven Lester Armitage. When Jakob and Flora's paths cross, it is a fateful meeting. All three become obsessed with the north, a place where violent extremes exist side by side: perpetual night and endless day; frozen seas and coastal meadows; heroism and lies. Armitage's ruthless desire to be the true leader of polar discovery takes him and his men on a mission whose tragic outcome will reverberate for years to come. Set against the stark, timeless beauty of northern Greenland, and fin-de-si�cle New York and London, Under a Pole Star is a compelling look at the dark side of the 'golden age' of exploration, a study of the corrosive power of ambition, and an epic, incendiary love story. It shows that sometimes you have to travel to the furthest edge of the world in order to find your true place in it.

Under a Pole Star

Hovering between paralysis and delirium in a hospital bed, half-Romany private investigator Ray Lovell evaluates a dangerous case involving the missing wife of a charismatic traveling Gypsy whose hostile family is hiding a tragic and terrible secret. By the award-winning author of The Tenderness of Wolves.

The Invisible Ones

The invisible ones

Antes de que los rigores del invierno se ciernan sobre Dove River, un poblado fundado por pioneros escoceses en el noreste de Canadá, una mujer halla el cadáver de un trampero local al mismo tiempo que su hijo, de diecisiete años, desaparece en una excursión de pesca. Los hechos atraen hasta aquel remoto lugar a un variado grupo de personas dispuestas a esclarecer el crimen, o a beneficiarse de él, desde un joven delegado de la poderosa Hudson Bay Company que ejerce el monopolio del lucrativo comercio de pieles , hasta un curtido y arruinado periodista. Cuando la señora Ross decide emprender ella misma la búsqueda de su hijo, adentrándose en el bosque acompañada de un taciturno pero experto rastreador, se ponen en marcha también una serie de personajes cuyas insólitas historias confluyen hacia un destino común en el majestuoso e imponente marco de la tundra nevada. Inmersos en un paisaje inhóspito de una belleza áspera e impenetrable y conscientes de su vulnerabilidad, los hombres y mujeres que conforman esta hermosa e inquietante novela deberán saldar cuentas con el pasado antes de afrontar los desafíos del presente. Con un ritmo vertiginoso propio de una novela de suspense y una atmósfera hipnótica que atrapa al lector desde las primeras líneas, La ternura de los lobos conquistó el favor de la crítica y de los lectores británicos, obteniendo el codiciado Costa Book of the Year Award y convirtiéndose en un rotundo éxito de ventas.

La ternura de los lobos

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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 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 waves 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.

The Tenderness of Wolves

Sometimes you have to travel to the farthest edge of the world in order to find your true place in it... A panoramic historical epic and an unforgettable love story from the author of The Tenderness of Wolves, for fans of Kristin Hannah, Sarah Perry, and Barbara Kingsolver A whaler's daughter, Flora Mackie first crossed the Arctic Circle at the age of twelve. Years later, in 1892, determination and chance lead her back to northern Greenland as a scientist at the head of a British expedition, defying the expectations of those who believe a woman has no place in that harsh world. Geologist Jakob de Beyn was raised in Manhattan. Yearning for wider horizons, he joins a rival expedition. Jakob and Flora's paths cross. It is a fateful meeting, where passion and ambition collide and an irresistible attraction is born. The violent extremes of the north obsess them both: perpetual night and endless day; frozen seas and coastal meadows, and the strange, maddening pull it exerts on the people trying to make their mark on its vast expanses - a pursuit of glory whose outcome will reverberate for years to come.

En Nouvelle-Ecosse, à Dove River, petit village à la frontière du Grand Nord, un trappeur est retrouvé mort dans sa cabane, égorgé et scalpé. Dans cette communauté pieuse où la plupart des autochtones sont des chasseurs ou des guides, la nouvelle provoque une onde de choc. Surtout pour Mme Ross qui a découvert le corps et constaté dans la foulée la disparition de son fils Francis. Incapable de croire en sa culpabilité et accompagnée de Parker, un énigmatique trappeur indien, elle se lance à sa poursuite, au nord du Nord, dans l'immensité impénétrable des plaines hostiles. Roman d'aventures, western glacé, Stef Penney signe un récit haletant, où se mêlent le suspense et l'épopée, la violence et la nostalgie des grands espaces.

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