num_pages: 466
description: A skillful blend of literary thriller, wilderness adventure, and historical romance, Stef Penney's panoramic novel traces the impact of a brutal murder on the lives of several settlers in Canada's Northern Territories in the winter of 1869. Mysteries surround the victim, a Frenchman named Laurent Jammett who once worked for the Hudson Bay Company. But in this lonely outpost on the edge of the world, everyone harbors a secret -- including Jammett's neighbor Mrs. Ross, her teenage son, Francis, and William Parker, the enigmatic half-breed trapper who sets out with her in search of the truth. Much has been made of the fact that this gorgeous set piece, with its perfectly described North American landscape, was written by an agoraphobic author who never set foot in Canada. We think it's far more astounding that The Tenderness of Wolves is the product of a first-time novelist. Surely, Stef Penney is a literary force to be reckoned with.
language: English
title: The Tenderness Of Wolves
titlecomplete: The Tenderness Of Wolves
genres: Historical, Crime, Novels, Adventure, Book Club, Thriller, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Canada, Mystery
ratings_count: 15152
places: Canada, Ontario
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Orange Prize
category: Fiction Longlist, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: CWA Ellis Peters Historical Award, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Costa Book Award
category: First Novel, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Costa Book of the Year, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year
publisher: Viking Canada. Toronto, Canada