The living and the dead in Winsford / Hakan Nesser ; translated from the Swedish by Laurie Thompson.
Language: English Original language: Swedish Publication details: London : Mantle, 2015.Description: 470 pages ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781447271918 (paperback)
- Levande och doda i Winsford. English.
- 839.738 23
- PT9876.24.E76 L4813 2015
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Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Fiction - Adventure | NES | Available | 059995 |
Originally published in Swedish: Stockholm, Sweden : Albert Bonniers, 2013.
A woman arrives in the village of Winsford on Exmoor. She has travelled a long way and chosen her secluded cottage carefully. Her sole intention is to outlive her beloved dog Castor. And to survive the torrent of memories that threaten to overwhelm her. Weeks before, Maria and her husband Martin fled Stockholm under a cloud. The couple were bound for Morocco, where Martin planned to write an explosive novel; one that would reveal the truth behind dark events within his commune of writers decades before. But the couple never made it to their destination.As Maria settles into her lonely new life, walking the wild, desolate moors, it becomes clear that Winsford isn't quite the sanctuary she thought it would be. While the long, dark evenings close in and the weather worsens, strange things begin to happen around her. But what terrible secrets is Maria guarding? And who now is trying to find her?
Translated from the Swedish.