Bell Elkins #2
Minotaur Books
September 2013
On Sale: September 3, 2013
400 pages ISBN: 1250003490 EAN: 9781250003492 Kindle: B00C74OXEQ Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
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 youβre the countyβs prosecuting attorney, calls from the sheriff are rarely good news, either. So when Bell Elkins picks up the phone she already knows she wonβt like what sheβs about to hear, but sheβs still not prepared for this: 16-year-old Lucinda Trimbleβs body has been found at the bottom of Bitter River. And Lucinda didn't drownβshe 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 thatβs not all Bell is coping with these days. Her daughter is now living with Bellβs ex-husband, hours away. Sheriff Nick Fogelsong, one of Bellβs closest friends, is behaving oddly. Furthermore, a face from her past has resurfaced for reasons Bell canβt quite figure. Searching for the truth, both behind Lucindaβs 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.
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