ONE WAY IN. NO WAY OUT.

'Deaf teenager goes missing in Esseberg. Mountain rescue are launching a search party but conditions hinder their efforts. The tunnel is being kept open all night as an exception.'

When journalist Tuva Moodyson reads this news alert she knows she must join the search. If this teenager is found, she will be able to communicate with him in a way no one else can.

Esseberg lies on the other side of a mountain tunnel: there is only one way in and one way out. When the tunnel closes at night, the residents are left to fend for themselves. And as more people go missing, it becomes clear that there is a killer among them ...

ICE TOWN is an unputdownable new standalone Tuva novel, which will delight existing fans of the series and bring many new readers to it.

"Dean sets the stage so vividly . . . that the case's resolution, when it comes, is almost secondary" - Irish Times

"Perfect winter reading" - Sunday Independent

"The heroine is Tuva Moodyson, a deaf young female reporter on the small town's local paper, who is as superbly evoked as the forest she is forced to investigate" - Daily Mail

"Memorably atmospheric, with a dogged and engaging protagonist ... promises to be an excellent series" - Guardian

"Another fabulously atmospheric investigation from Will Dean's singular heroine" - Heat

"Dean's mastery of setting and suspense remain unassailable" - Financial Times

"[Tuva] is an unusual and alluring character, and Dean writes about her frightening surroundings in exact and atmospheric prose" - Literary Review

"Creepy, tense and so good!" - Fabulous, Sun on Sunday