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He doesn�t need a woman in his life; she knows he can�t live without her.


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A promise rekindled. A secret revealed. A second chance at the family they never had.


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A cowboy with a second chance. A waitress with a hidden gift. And a small town where love paints a brand-new beginning.


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She�s racing for a prize. He�s dodging romance. Together, they might just cross the finish line to love.


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She steals from the mob for justice. He�s the FBI agent who could take her down�or fall for her instead.


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He�s her only protection. She�s carrying his child. Together, they must outwit a killer before time runs out.


Bitter River by Julia Keller

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Also by Julia Keller:

The Cold Way Home, August 2019
Hardcover / e-Book
Bone on Bone, September 2018
Hardcover / e-Book
Fast Falls the Night, July 2018
Trade Size
The Dark Intercept, November 2017
Hardcover / e-Book
Fast Falls the Night, September 2017
Hardcover / e-Book
Sorrow Road, July 2017
Trade Size / e-Book (reprint)
Sorrow Road, September 2016
Hardcover / e-Book
Last Ragged Breath, September 2015
Hardcover / e-Book
Summer Of The Dead, September 2014
Hardcover / e-Book
Bitter River, September 2013
Hardcover / e-Book
A Killing in the Hills, June 2013
Hardcover / e-Book

Bitter River
Julia Keller

Bell Elkins #2
Minotaur Books
September 2013
On Sale: September 3, 2013
400 pages
ISBN: 1250003490
EAN: 9781250003492
Kindle: B00C74OXEQ
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Fiction

In the next stunning novel from Pulitzer Prize-winning Julia Keller, following the popular A Killing in the Hills, a pregnant teenager is found murdered at the bottom of a river.

Phone calls before dawn are never good news. And when you’re the county’s prosecuting attorney, calls from the sheriff are rarely good news, either. So when Bell Elkins picks up the phone she already knows she won’t like what she’s about to hear, but she’s still not prepared for this: 16-year-old Lucinda Trimble’s body has been found at the bottom of Bitter River. And Lucinda didn't drown—she was dead before her body ever hit the water.

With a case like that, Bell knows the coming weeks are going to be tough. But that’s not all Bell is coping with these days. Her daughter is now living with Bell’s ex-husband, hours away. Sheriff Nick Fogelsong, one of Bell’s closest friends, is behaving oddly. Furthermore, a face from her past has resurfaced for reasons Bell can’t quite figure. Searching for the truth, both behind Lucinda’s murder and behind her own complicated relationships, will lead Bell down a path that might put her very life at risk.

In Bitter River, Pulitzer Prize-winner Julia Keller once again weaves a compelling, haunting mystery against the stark beauty and extreme poverty of a small West Virginia mountain town.

Bell Elkins

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