num_pages: 4
description: As winter tightens its grip on the isolated settlement of Dove River, a woman steers herself for the journey of a lifetime. A man has been brutally murdered and her 17-year old son has disappeared. To clear her son's name, she has no choice but to follow the tracks leaving the dead man's cabin.
language: English
title: The Tenderness of Wolves
titlecomplete: The Tenderness of Wolves
genres: Fiction, Historical, Adventure, Mystery, Thriller, Book Club, Canada, Novels, Historical Fiction, Crime
ratings_count: 15153
places: Ontario, Canada
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: Quercus Publishing Plc