The bell in the lake Bella Mackie The Borough Press FBA|FXL|FFS|FS|FU Hardback 2024

The bell in the lake Bella Mackie The Borough Press FBA|FXL|FFS|FS|FU Hardback 2024Norway, 1880. Winter is hard in Butangen, a village secluded at the end of a valley. The lake has frozen, and for months the ground is too hard to bury the dead. Astrid Hekne dreams of a life beyond all this, beyond marriage, children, and working the land to the end of her days. Then Pastor Kai Schweigaard takes over the small parish, with its 700 year old stave church carved with pagan deities. The two bells in the tower were forged by Astrid's

feared the worst

a shocking discovery rocks the town

Follow the trail of murder

The mega-rich Pallanders are used to luxury - a castle in the Scottish Highlands

within his locked house

On the road with London author James Curtis - with an introduction by Jonathan Meades

and the sheriff is quick to offer a reward for the bear's capture

Sarah Tucker heads north for a closer look

and just the right amount of challeng

The call comes at midnight on a stormy March night

It suggests the wrong man was convicted for Tone's death and the real murderer is still out there

Half an hour later