*Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction**BBC Between the Covers Book Club pick!* 'Outstanding' – Madeline Miller 'Gripping, intriguing and unique' – Kate Mosse 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. Based on actual events, Burial Rites by Hannah Kent is a dark thriller, and a beautiful and gripping read. 'One of the best Scandinavian crime novels I've read' Independent 'Remarkable' Sunday Times 'A must-read' Grazia Shorlisted for The Guardian First Book Award Shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Awards *Devotion, the new novel from Hannah Kent, is out now!*