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Winter Song
- Author
- Rebeca Lee Morales
- Narrator
- Jim Meskimen
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 1 December 2026
- Run Time
- 10 hours 14 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
‘Beautiful’ Claire Fuller
‘Magnificent’ Adam Johnson
‘Impressive’ Tracy Chevalier
‘A wondrous debut by a major talent’ Kevin Wilson
It is 1986, deep winter, in the hinterlands of Minnesota, a place so remote that the world beyond its borders barely registers. Two men face each other down across this frozen landscape: Byron Lugo, just released from prison for a hit-and-run he swears he didn’t commit, and Gordon Trent, the weary police chief who brought him in.
As Byron struggles to claw back his old life in a town convinced of his guilt, his determination forces Trent to assess his judgement, his choices, and ultimately his legacy.
WINTER SONG is a snow globe of a novel, a light in the dark: a reminder of our humanity, even in the harshest of places.
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‘A moving, atmospheric portrayal of small-town America. What an impressive debut’ Tracy Chevalier
‘A gritty and unsparing portrait of a snow-blasted wonderland painted with exquisite tenderness and generosity. Morales mines the magical and transcendent from otherwise ordinary moments, filling the lives of her characters – and her readers – with the hard-won possibility of grace. A magnificent novel and an unforgettable debut’ Adam Johnson
‘This is a book I needed right now, because it doesn’t deny the ugliness of the world, but it reminded me of the good humans are capable of. Morales writes with a gritty earnestness that puts her in the good company of Elizabeth Strout’ Benjamin Percy
Critics Review
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'A moving, atmospheric portrayal of small-town America. What an impressive debut!' Tracy Chevalier
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'A beautiful story about luck and friendship in small town America, and how no one is quite what they seem. I loved it' Claire Fuller
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'Winter Song is a gritty and unsparing portrait of a snow-blasted wonderland painted with exquisite tenderness and generosity. Morales mines the magical and transcendent from otherwise ordinary moments, filling the lives of her characters – and her readers – with the hard-won possibility of grace. A magnificent novel and an unforgettable debut' Adam Johnson, author of The Orphan Master’s Son
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‘Set in rural Minnesota, where a police chief and a released felon struggle with the implications of the past and the uncertainty of the future, this is a rare novel that is both unflinching and tender, a wondrous debut by a major talent’ Kevin Wilson
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‘This is a book I needed right now, because it doesn’t deny the ugliness of the world, but it reminded me of the good humans are capable of. Morales writes with a gritty earnestness that puts her in the good company of Elizabeth Strout and Kent Haruf’ Benjamin Percy
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Details
- Author
- Rebeca Lee Morales
- Narrator
- Jim Meskimen
- Duration
- 10 hours 14 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 December 2026
- ISBN
- 9780008838461
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Fiction: literary and general non-genre, Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction, Crime and mystery: police procedural
Synopsis
‘Beautiful’ Claire Fuller ‘Magnificent’ Adam Johnson ‘Impressive’ Tracy Chevalier ‘A wondrous debut by a major talent’ Kevin Wilson It is 1986, deep winter, in the hinterlands of Minnesota, a place so remote that the world beyond its borders barely registers. Two men face each other down across this frozen landscape: Byron Lugo, just released from prison for a hit-and-run he swears he didn’t commit, and Gordon Trent, the weary police chief who brought him in. As Byron struggles to claw back his old life in a town convinced of his guilt, his determination forces Trent to assess his judgement, his choices, and ultimately his legacy. WINTER SONG is a snow globe of a novel, a light in the dark: a reminder of our humanity, even in the harshest of places. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––- ‘A moving, atmospheric portrayal of small-town America. What an impressive debut’ Tracy Chevalier ‘A gritty and unsparing portrait of a snow-blasted wonderland painted with exquisite tenderness and generosity. Morales mines the magical and transcendent from otherwise ordinary moments, filling the lives of her characters – and her readers – with the hard-won possibility of grace. A magnificent novel and an unforgettable debut’ Adam Johnson ‘This is a book I needed right now, because it doesn’t deny the ugliness of the world, but it reminded me of the good humans are capable of. Morales writes with a gritty earnestness that puts her in the good company of Elizabeth Strout’ Benjamin Percy
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