Wolf Winter

If you're after an absorbing story and feel like being transported to another time and place (in this case early '60s Arctic-Circle Norway against a backdrop of the Cold War and NATO politics) I highly recommend this. I particularly loved the evocative descriptions of place (and Francis has mercifully avoided cliched similes for this!) , it has a gripping story-line that kept me listening almost non-stop through the second half. The narrator does a great job of bringing the characters and story to life. I even learnt something about Lapp (Sami) geo-politics and what more could you ask for out of a novel?

... and I was not disappointed. Clare Francis here did a great job in creating a nice setting, I could almost feel the cold. It got my attention to the end like when I read the book...

Look, OK will cover it. Not really me and bought on a whim because I missed the Northern European place names and environment delivered through the Tattoo Series but it was all a bit silly in the end. No that's a bit hard, look it is light easy listening and not taxing so if you have a spare credit and nowhere to go, well give it a try.

The excitement and nerve tingling anticipation

the book was interesting and informative about a country and period that has not always been taken into account

Halvard

When I was listening to the description of the extreme cold and how glad I was that I was inside in a cozy and warm chair

The writing approaches everything with such detail, you feel that you too are on a vast plain of snow stretching forever where time has stopped and each tiny blip on the horizon catches and keeps your attention for awhile. I liked that much of the time and it fit well with the setting. If the character or situation interested me, that amount of detail seemed to work. She got inside the heads of her characters and what they did made sense from their point of view.

But for me, certainly the last third seemed drawn out and I could fast forward several times and miss few of the plot developments. I probably will read another of her books, but not right away.