<p><font><b>"So much to relish here . . . the plot is gripping, and the writing is just lovely!" DIANE SETTERFIELD, author of <i>Once Upon A River</i></font></b><br><br><font><b>"The year''s most memorable narrator . . . An unusual and intriguing crime story" SUNDAY TIMES BOOKS OF THE YEAR</font><br></b><br><b>"Niemi succeeds in constructing a story that works as a murder mystery and as a compelling study of a dangerously inward-looking community" SUNDAY TIMES</b><br><br><b>"A riveting, psychologically astute mystery . . . It is not to be missed" BOOKLIST</b><br><b><br>"An original and gripping crime story" THE TIMES</b><br><br><b>**NOW SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA INTERNATIONAL DAGGER**</b><b><br><br>It is 1852, and in Sweden''s far north, deep in the Arctic Circle, charismatic preacher and Revivalist Lars Levi L¿adius impassions a poverty-stricken congregation with visions of salvation. But local leaders have reason to resist a shift to temperance over alcohol.</b><br>