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The eerie opening brilliantly sets the scene for a suspenseful read. A tremor cracks open an ice floe and an arm appears, plunging the reader into a harsh landscape and a world of suspicions and secrets

A perfect, gripping winter read. I loved it

Sophie Mackintosh, Man Booker longlisted author of 'The Water Cure'

Memorable and compelling. A novel about what haunts us - and what should

Sarah Moss, author of The Times Book of the Year 'Ghost Wall'

This evocative debut is compelling with a brilliant twist

Intensely written and atmospheric, with an unusual setting, this is a stark evocation of a community where fear of the outsider is rife and unsettling

An enthralling tale of the Icelandic witch trials

Stacey Halls, bestselling author of THE FAMILIARS

Crackles with tension. Moving and atmospheric, I couldn't put it down

Laura Purcell, author of THE SILENT COMPANIONS and THE CORSET

Gripped me in a cold fist. Beautiful

Sara Collins, author of THE CONFESSIONS OF FRANNIE LANGTON

A gothic novel for a cold climate. Mesmerising

Elly Griffiths, author of THE STRANGER DIARIES

Utterly unputdownable. Rich in superstition and mystery, it pulled me in. An incredible novel

Ali Land, author of Sunday Times Bestselling 'Good Me Bad Me'

Haunting, evocative and utterly compelling. The beautifully drawn narrative transports the reader to a time and place steeped in mystery and superstition, where nothing is ever quite as it seems. Stunning

Tracy Borman, author of 'The King's Witch'

Like a ghost story told around a winter fire, The Glass Woman is taut, haunting, and broodingly tense. Playing out against the harsh backdrop of the Icelandic winter, it kept me hooked all the way to the end

Tim Leach, author of The Times Book of the Year 'Smile of the Wolf'

Tremendous. Atmospheric and beautifully wrought, The Glass Woman is both chilling and beguiling

Is this some Icelandic version of Jane Eyre in which a madwoman lurks in the attic? Or do ghosts haunt the household? In a sense they do, although the truth Rosa eventually uncovers in this compelling, atmospheric novel are more material and more disturbing than her imaginings

Lea draws upon Jane Eyre, Rebecca and Bluebeard to create an eerie, unsettling atmosphere ... Full of promise, and I look forward to reading more from Lea

Suspenseful, gripping and beautifully drawn

Tells the tale of the Icelandic witch trials

A gorgeous book about the power of stories that makes the landscape of Iceland as powerful a character as any of the humans

A haunting novel that delivers chills. THE GLASS WOMAN is charged with the dark energy of the Icelandic Sagas

Mystery and potential danger linger throughout, and with its dreamy prose THE GLASS WOMAN satisfies readers with the ways of an old world

A chilling and enthralling telling of the Icelandic witch trials. Not only beautifully drawn but poignant, evocative and fascinating. A haunting gothic tale'

A rare look at male witch trials, set in Iceland

Iceland, 1686. The brutal, lava-scarred landscape can swallow a man without so much as a volcanic gasp. 
 
Jón Eiríksson has just married his second wife in a year. But Rósa's new home in the windswept village of Stykkishólmur is terrifyingly isolated - the villagers are suspicious of strangers and fearful of something which they will not name. What is her new husband terrible secret, and why does the spectre of his first wife Anna haunt them so? 
 
Set against the backdrop of the seventeenth-century Icelandic witch trials, in a land governed by religion and fear, THE GLASS WOMAN is addictive, breathtaking, and perfect for readers of BURIAL RITES and THE ESSEX SERPENT.

A mysterious and captivating tale of love, fear and superstition set in the Icelandic wilderness . . . 
 
'An Icelandic Jane Eyre' SUNDAY TIMES 
 'Gripped me in a cold fist. Beautiful' SARA COLLINS 
'Enthralling' STACEY HALLS 
'Moving and atmospheric' LAURA PURCELL 
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 1686, Iceland. 
 
When Rósa is betrothed to Jón Eiríksson, she is sent to a remote village. 
 
 There she finds a man who refuses to speak of his recently deceased first wife, and villagers who view her with suspicion. 
 
 Isolated and disturbed by her husband's strange behaviour, her fears deepen. 
 
 What is making the strange sounds in the attic? 
 
 Who does the mysterious glass figure she is given represent? 
 
 And why do the villagers fear the fast-approaching winter? . . . 
 ________ 
 
'A perfect, gripping winter read. I loved it' SOPHIE MACKINTOSH 
 
 
'Crackles with tension. Moving and atmospheric, I couldn't put it down' LAURA PURCELL 
 
 'Memorable and compelling. A novel about what haunts us - and what should' SARAH MOSS, author of GHOST WALL 
 
 'Evocative, compelling, with a brilliant twist' DAILY EXPRESS 
 
 'Intensely written and atmospheric, with an unusual setting' DAILY MAIL 
 
 'A chilling tale' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING 
 
 'Like a ghost story told around a winter fire' TIM LEACH, author of SMILE OF THE WOLF 
 
 SHORTLISTED FOR THE HISTORICAL WRITERS ASSOCIATION DEBUT AWARD

Caroline Lea grew up on the island of Jersey. The Glass Woman, her debut, is a gothic thriller set during the Icelandic witch trials. The Metal Heart, a Waterstones Scottish Book of the Month, is an epic Second World War love story; Prize Women reveals a feminist scandal at the heart of the roaring 20s. Her latest novel reimagines Mary Shelley and the writing of Frankenstein.

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A fantastic, atmospheric debut

The eerie opening brilliantly sets the scene for a suspenseful read. A tremor cracks open an ice floe and an arm appears, plunging the reader into a harsh landscape and a world of suspicions and secrets

A perfect, gripping winter read. I loved it

Memorable and compelling. A novel about what haunts us - and what should

This evocative debut is compelling with a brilliant twist

Compelling, atmospheric

A chilling tale

Intensely written and atmospheric, with an unusual setting, this is a stark evocation of a community where fear of the outsider is rife and unsettling

An enthralling tale of the Icelandic witch trials

Crackles with tension. Moving and atmospheric, I couldn't put it down

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