The bell in the lake Bella Mackie The Borough Press FBA|FXL|FFS|FS|FU Hardback 2024 feared the worst

feared the worst

within his locked house

and the sheriff is quick to offer a reward for the bear's capture

Half an hour later

The call comes at midnight on a stormy March night

The bell in the lake Bella Mackie The Borough Press FBA|FXL|FFS|FS|FU Hardback 2024 feared the worstNorway, 1880. Winter is hard in Butangen, a village secluded at the end of a valley. The lake has frozen, and for months the ground is too hard to bury the dead. Astrid Hekne dreams of a life beyond all this, beyond marriage, children, and working the land to the end of her days. Then Pastor Kai Schweigaard takes over the small parish, with its 700 year old stave church carved with pagan deities. The two bells in the tower were forged by Astrid's