SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2014.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2013 GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARD.

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.

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