Hemlock & Silver

"Healer Anja’s expertise is poisons – specifically, antidotes, although her success rate is marginal. When the king “invites” Anja to save his daughter Snow, the sole survivor of a gruesome family tragedy, she can’t say no. Armed with intellect and curiosity, Anja is assisted by a talking cat and a reluctant guardsman, even as her investigation takes her to a dark mirror world. T. Kingfisher writes with such warmth and wit that it’s easy to become ensnared before you realize the story’s going to chill you to the bone. Hemlock & Silver is a masterpiece of character voice and a deeply creepy, utterly refreshing take on a familiar fairy tale."