Burial Rites

SHORTLISTED FOR THE GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARD

'One of the most gripping, intriguing and unique books I've read this year' Kate Mosse, author of Labyrinth

Northern Iceland, 1829.
A woman condemned to death for murdering her lover.
A family forced to take her in.
A priest tasked with absolving her.
But all is not as it seems, and time is running out:
winter is coming, and with it the execution date.
Only she can know the truth. This is Agnes's story.

'This compelling, ripped-from-real-life tale reminds me of Margaret Atwood's Alias Grace' Karin Slaughter, author of Kisscut
'A story of swirling sagas, poetry, bitterness, claustrophobia . . . holds an exhilaration that borders on the sublime' Sunday Telegraph
'Extraordinary' Daily Express
'Wonderfully strange and haunting' The Times
'A debut of rare sophistication and beauty' Observer