The Quiet Girl

The Quiet Girl is a lyrical, striking novel from Danish novelist Peter Høeg, the author of Miss Smilla’s Feeling for Snow. Kasper Krone is a world renowned clown with exceptional powers of hearing and a deep love of Bach’s music but life is about to change… Wanted for tax evasion and on the verge of extradition, Krone is drafted into the service of a mysterious order of nuns who promise him a reprieve from the international authorities in return for his help safeguarding a group of children. When one of the young girls goes missing Krone sets off to rescue her. On the way he makes a series of shocking discoveries about the child’s identity and the true intentions of his young wards