Deep in an Estonian forest, two women #150; one young, one old

150; are hiding.Zara is a prostitute and a murderer, on the run

from brutal captors, men who know about inflicting punishment. Aliide offers refuge, but not safety: she has her own secrets, traitorous crimes of passion and revenge committed long ago, during the country#146;s brutal Soviet years.Both women have suffered lives of abuse. But this time their survival depends on revealing the one thing history has taught them to keep safely hidden: the truth.A haunting, intimate and gripping story of suspicion, betrayal and retribution against a backdrop of Soviet oppression and European war."Finland#146;s hottest crime writer will soon be as well-known as Stieg Larsson." #151; Sunday Times