*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!*