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To Cook a Bear (2017) by Mikael Niemi; Deborah Bragan-Turner is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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TIMES BOOKS OF THE YEAR "Niemi succeeds in constructing a story that works as a murder mystery and as a compelling study of a dangerously inward-looking community" SUNDAY TIMES "A riveting, psychologically astute mystery . . . It is not to be missed" BOOKLIST "An original and gripping crime story" THE TIMES It is 1852, and in Sweden's far north, deep in the Arctic Circle, charismatic preacher and Revivalist Lars Levi Læstadius impassions a poverty-stricken congregation with visions of salvation. But local leaders have reason to resist a shift to temperance over alcohol. Jussi, the young Sami boy Læstadius has rescued from destitution and abuse, becomes the preacher's faithful disciple on long botanical treks to explore the flora and fauna. Læstadius also teaches him to read and write - and to love and fear God. When a milkmaid goes missing deep in the forest, the locals suspect a predatory bear is at large. A second girl is attacked, and the sheriff is quick to offer a reward for the bear's capture. Using early forensics and daguerreotype, Læstadius and Jussi find clues that point to a far worse killer on the loose, even as they are unaware of the evil closing in around them. To Co

Who reads To Cook a Bear (2017)?

Author

Mikael Niemi; Deborah Bragan-Turner

Publisher

Penguin Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC

Published

2020

Language

EN

ISBN

9780857058942

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction