A searing and iconoclastic crime novel, in which photographer Cass Neary, introduced in the underground classic Generation Loss, finds herself drawn into the shadowy world of crime in Scandinavia's coldest corners.
Elizabeth Hand has written eight novels and several short-story collections. She has won the Shirley Jackson Award, the James Tiptree Award, the Nebula Award (twice), the World Fantasy Award (three times), and many others. Her novella, "The Maiden Flight of McCauley's Bellerophon," was recently nominated for a Hugo Award. Hand is a longtime contributor to numerous publications, including the Washington Post Book World and the Village Voice Literary Supplement. She divides her time between the coast of Maine and North London.
A skin-blistering crime novel, as edgy and black as dried blood on a moonlit night.Fiercely frightening yet hauntingly beautiful, with a startling heroine you'll never forget... Shimmers with gorgeous writing even as it scares the dickens out of you.Cass Neary... makes Lisbeth Salander seem like a model of mental stability... Stunning. - Publisher's Weekly (Starred Review)In the spirit of Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo... As the dark Nordic forest thickens, so does the plot. Larsson fanatics may be unable to resist. - The New York PostPulsing with tension throughout... charged with its own chilling luminosity. - The Washington PostA gasoline burn of a book; but it's also a tightly-plotted noir thriller...Unputdownable. - The RejectionistA brilliant sequel to Hand's acclaimed literary thriller Generation Loss... Stunning. - Booklist (starred review)
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