'Teacher wanted on the edge of the world...'
Una is struggling to deal with her father's sudden, tragic suicide. She spends her nights drinking alone in Reykjavik, stricken with thoughts that she might one day follow in his footsteps.So when she sees an advert seeking a teacher for two girls in the tiny village of Skalar - population of ten - on the storm-battered north coast of the island, she sees it as a chance to escape.
But once she arrives, Una quickly realises nothing in city life has prepared her for this. The villagers are unfriendly. The weather is bleak. And, from the creaky attic bedroom of the old house where she's living, she's convinced she hears the ghostly sound of singing.
Una worries that she's losing her mind. And then, just before Christmas, there's a murder...
- ISBN10 1250793734
- ISBN13 9781250793737
- Publish Date 4 May 2021
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 14 August 2024
- Publish Country US
- Imprint St Martin's Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 320
- Language English