# A Gift Before Dying

**'Hypnotically good ' Lee Child**  
  
**'A stunning debut' _Daily Mail_**  
  
**'A life-affirming read' _Daily Express_**  
  
**'A gritty debut thriller' _Irish Independent_**  
  
**'One of the finest debuts of the year' Donald Ray Pollock**  
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'Rich in atmosphere and relentlessly suspenseful' Michael Koryta**  
  
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AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD, CAN JUSTICE STILL BE FOUND?**  
  
After a botched high-profile murder investigation, Sergeant Elderick Cole is exiled to the remote, rugged landscape of Nunavut, a vast territory in the Arctic Circle known for its untamed beauty, frigid temperatures, and endless winter nights.  
  
His bleak existence takes a sinister turn when he discovers the hanging body of Pitseolala, a troubled Inuit girl whom he had sworn to protect. Her death dredges up demons he thought he'd buried along with the scars of a fractured marriage and the aching divide between himself and his estranged daughter.  
  
As Cole's life unravels - and with it, the fragile thread of his investigation - he turns to Pitseolala's younger brother, Maliktu, a fellow outsider. It's then that Cole uncovers what binds them: a singular mission to find her killer.  
  
Against fierce backlash, Cole's overriding desire to redeem just one aspect of his otherwise failed life becomes an obsession - and he's willing to break every rule in his unyielding pursuit of justice and the smallest shred of redemption.  
  
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**'A haunting, immersive, moving story-told by an expert, with great authority and emotion'** Richard Thomas, Bram Stoker, Shirley Jackson, and Thriller Award finalist  
  
**'There's a river of warmth running under this icy, Arctic thriller, with a big bang of an ending you won't soon forget'** Rene Denfeld  
  
**'\[A\] stunning debut . . . It's a knockout'** Publishers Weekly, starred review

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