- Location(s): Ohio
- Genre(s): Fiction, Short Stories
- Era(s): late 20th century
Winesburg, Ohio depicts the strange, secret lives of the inhabitants of a small town. In “Hands,” Wing Biddlebaum tries to hide the tale of his banishment from a Pennsylvania town, a tale represented by his hands. In “Adventure,” lonely...
- Location(s): New Jersey
- Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
- Era(s): early 21st century
Private detective Bill Smith is hurtled headlong into the most provocative-and personal-case of his career when he receives a chilling late night telephone call from the NYPD, who are holding his fifteen-year-old nephew Gary. But before he can find...
- Location(s): Maine
- Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery
- Era(s): Early 21st century
Perfect for fans of Jenny Milchman, Linda Castillo, and Lisa Gardner—the first book in a suspenseful new crime thriller series featuring the tough but haunted police chief Lizzie Snow, a big-city cop with a mission, taking on a small...
- Location(s): Virginia
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): early 2000s
Still grieving the loss of her wandering, free-spirited mother, Lucy Kincaid leaves Nashville for the faded town of Cape Hudson, Virginia. She goes to see the house she’s inherited—one she never knew existed, bequeathed to her by a woman...
- Location(s): Somerset
- Genre(s): Romance
- Era(s): Contemporary
When young Dylan Harris‘s former babysitter (and soon to be step-sister), Harriet, needs a last-minute venue for her acting troupe’s outdoor production of Shakespeare’s A Winter’s Tale, the staff at Mill Grange throw open its doors, keen to fill...
- Location(s): Netherlands
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): WW2
‘A book we should all read’ Michael Morpurgo During the Second World War, the Netherlands is still under Nazi control and any acts of resistance are punishable by death. But when sixteen-year-old Michiel is asked to take care of...
- Location(s): Chicago
- Genre(s): Young Adult
- Era(s): late 1970s
WINTER LIGHT is the story of 15-year-old Mary Donahue of suburban Chicago, a kid on the cusp of failure during the brutal blizzard winter of 1978-79, the end of a hard luck, hard rock era sunk in the cynical...
- Location(s): Minnesota
- Genre(s): Future
- Era(s): Contemporary
Abandoned by his father after his mother drowns in a frozen Minnesota lake, fifteen-year-old Wes Ballot is stranded with coldhearted grandparents and holed up in his mother’s old bedroom surrounded by her remnants and memories. As the wait for...
- Location(s): Alaska
- Genre(s): Young Adult
- Era(s): Modern
A tragic mystery blending detective work & spirituality. An exploration in grief, suicide, spiritualism, and Inuit culture, Winter of the Wolf follows Bean as she searches for the truth of her brother Sam’s “”suicide.”” Unconvinced her loving brother could...
- Location(s): Wisconsin
- Genre(s): Fiction, Crime
- Era(s): 1990s
Winter Prey is John Sandford’s suspense masterpiece! Following the international success of Shadow Prey and Silent Prey, Winter Prey creates another heart-pounding chapter in the career of Lucas Davenport, the brilliant, hard-bitten detective from the Twin Cities. The Iceman...
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