Wolf Winter | Clare Francis

Clare Francis’s “Wolf Winter” is a Cold War thriller set in the far north of Norway, where two young Norwegians are killed after crossing into Soviet territory. Their deaths draw together people connected by loss, loyalty and suspicion, while the harsh Arctic setting becomes part of the tension surrounding the investigation and the political forces behind it.

The novel combines espionage, personal relationships and the atmosphere of a border region shaped by secrecy and military pressure. Francis uses the landscape of northern Norway not merely as background but as an important element in a story about divided loyalties and hidden motives. For the library catalogue the book is best classified as a thriller. The edition identified by ISBN 0-330-30477-1 was published by Pan Books in 1987 and is normalised here to ISBN 9780330304771. The Open British National Bibliography and edition listings confirm Pan and 1987 for this ISBN, although some reseller records date later printings to 1988; the catalogue follows the bibliographic edition record.