Showing results by author "Stef Penney"

Flora Mackie first crossed the Arctic Circle at the age of 12. In 1889, the whaler's daughter from Dundee - dubbed by the press as "The Snow Queen" - sets out to become a scientist and explorer. She struggles to be taken seriously, but determination and chance lead her back to northern Greenland at the head of a British expedition, despite the many who believe that a young woman has no place in this harsh world of men.

Small-time private investigator Ray Lovell veers between paralysis and delirium in a hospital bed. But before the accident that landed him there, he'd been hired to find Rose Janko, the wife of a charismatic son of a traveling Gypsy family, who went missing seven years earlier. Half Romany himself, Ray is well aware that he's been chosen more for his blood than his investigative skills.

Follow the path to the freezing north. Follow your ambition. Follow your heart. Flora Mackie first crossed the Arctic Circle at the age of 12. Years later, in 1892, determination and chance lead her back to northern Greenland as a scientist at the head of a British expedition, defying the expectations of those who believe a woman has no place in that harsh world. Geologist Jakob de Beyn was raised in Manhattan. Yearning for wider horizons, he joins a rival expedition.

Small-time private investigator Ray Lovell veers between paralysis and delirium in a hospital bed. But before the accident that landed him there, he had promised to find Rose Janko. Rose was married to the charismatic son of a travelling gypsy family, Ivo Janko. When Ray starts to investigate her disappearance he's surprised that her family are so hostile towards him.

与世隔绝的宁静小镇发生了耸人听闻的凶案，镇上的一名少年也同时失踪。各方人马纷纷赶到追踪凶案的蛛丝马迹……與世隔絕的寧靜小鎮發生了聳人聽聞的兇案，鎮上的一名少年也同時失踪。各方人馬紛紛趕到追踪兇案的蛛絲馬跡……   

Den uanselige privatdetektiv Ray Lowell ligger og svæver ind og ud af bevidsthed i en hospitalsseng. Hans hukommelse om hvordan han er havnet der, er glimtvis og sporadisk. Inden hændelsen, der sendte ham på hospitalet, ledte han efter Rose Janko. Rose var gift med Ivo Janko, den karismatiske søn i en omrejsende sigøjnerfamilie, og Ray blev hyret af Roses far, der ikke har hørt fra sin datter i over syv år. Men Ray bliver kun mødt med fjendtlighed i sin efterforskning.

Canada, 1867: As winter tightens its grip on the isolated settlement of Dove River, a woman steels herself for the journey of a lifetime. To clear her son's name, she has no choice but to follow the tracks from a dead man's cabin and head north into the forest and the desolate landscape that lies beyond it.