Location: Latvia, Riga

Ice Flower Herbarium

Author/Guide: Dzena Andersone

Why a Booktrail?

2026:A chain of events threaten to overwhelm a sleepy Latvian backwater town.

ISBN: 978-1915789686
Genre: Fiction, Translated Fictioin

What you need to know before your trail

A reluctant and unlikely hero, Vincents grapples with his failing marriage, a domineering former police partner and an ever-growing number of strange and bewildering cases. As the body count rises and Vincents’ precariously constructed world crumbles around him, the focus of his investigations closes in inexorably on a troubled young man, Jens, whose odd behaviour can no longer be contained by his controlling Aunt Erika.Ice, Flower, Herbarium is a haunting psychological story of inherited guilt and the consequences of raising a child without love or human touch. Will Vincents uncover the truth and find the strength to stand up to the town, or will his resolve melt away with the snow?

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Latvia

The novel is inspired by Riga and the surrounding area but it is firmly set in a fictional rural town.

Klosterkalns is mentioned being close to the fictional town but it’s a small town setting that is important and the tight social and cultural constraints that weave in and out of the story.