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BITTER RIVER
KELLER, JULIA
Julia Keller’s A Killing in the Hills was one of the most acclaimed debuts of 2012. Set in Acker’s Gap, a
beautiful but poverty-stricken West Virginia mountain town, Keller’s combination of shocking suspense
and spellbinding characterization garnered her four starred reviews and won over critics and readers
alike. Bell Elkins, the county prosecuting attorney, is the main character alongside the town itself, where
she grew up—her family story is part and parcel of the tragedy of the place, but she hasn’t given up on it.
Like Dana Stabenow’s Alaska or Dennis Lehane’s South Boston, the place defines the people and their
stories. Bell’s latest case is a bad one: pregnant sixteen-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. 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.
MYSTERY 1ST PRINTING 50,000
MINOTAUR
400 PAGES
9781250003492 SERIES: BELL ELKINS
$29.99 HC
SEPTEMBER 2013
BLACK CHALK
YATES, CHRISTOPHER J.
In the intimidating surroundings of Oxford University a group of six friends begin to play a game -- an
elaborate variant on truth or dare, in which the loser of each round has to perform an embarrassing
challenge. The eventual winner stood to walk away with a sizable prize, not simply the money that each
had contributed to the pot from their student grants, but a substantial sum staked to them by a mysterious
campus organisation known as the Game Society, provided that the students agreed to keep both the
Game and its sponsorship secret.
MYSTERY
HARVILL SECKER
464 PAGES
9781846557286 SERIES: ERLENDUR AND OLI
$24.95 TP Original
OCTOBER 2013
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