A marriage meant to bury one scandal uncovers a far
deadlier one, as Bergthora hunts a poisoner while
guarding a love she can no longer keep secret.

Bergthora’s own hopes of remarrying have come to
nothing, but she has more pressing business: finding a
husband for her young foster daughter. The match saves
several reputations even as it stirs grief and fury, and
before long a man lies poisoned with strychnine. Closing
the trilogy, this final volume finds Bergthora as adept at
unravelling murder as at shielding her household from
harsh justice and the community’s scorn. An unpredictable
plot and a smouldering love story bring the series
to a satisfying close against the unforgiving backdrop of
eighteenth-century Iceland.