Ice, Flower, Herbarium

Ice, Flower, HerbariumJoin us for an evening of Latvian noir! Author Dzena Andersone will be with us to discuss her new book 'Ice, Flower, Herbarium' along with the book's translator Zanete Vevere Pasqualini and Dr Lauren Bruce from Fly on The Wall Publishers.Keep the chills at bay as we cosy up in the bookshop and talk about Latvian noir, translated fiction and the gripping, unsettling, novel 'Ice, Flower, Herbarium' with Dzena. Hot chocolate will be provided!About the novel:
When he wakes to find a body in a sack on the roadside outside his home, police chief
Vincents sets off a chain of events that threaten to overwhelm him and the sleepy, Latvian
backwater town he has lived in his whole life. The secrets and hypocrisy of the townspeople
of Dansile are about to be unveiled.
A reluctant and unlikely hero, Vincents grapples with his failing marriage, a domineering
former police partner and an ever-growing number of strange and bewildering cases. As the
body count rises and Vincents' precariously constructed world crumbles around him, the
focus of his investigations closes in inexorably on a troubled young man, Jens, whose odd
behaviour can no longer be contained by his controlling Aunt Erika.
Ice, Flower, Herbarium is a haunting psychological story of inherited guilt and the
consequences of raising a child without love or human touch. Will Vincents uncover the
Truth and find the strength to stand up to the town, or will his resolve melt away with the
Snow?