Knife River

A delicious smoke curl of a novel' JODI PICOULT 'A twisting, engrossingand beautiful mystery . .

A delicious smoke curl of a novel' JODI PICOULT 'A twisting, engrossingand beautiful mystery . . . Deeply moving and powerful' CHRIS WHITAKERSLOW-BURN, BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN AND SOAKED WITH ATMOSPHERE, KNIFE RIVER IS THEDEBUT NOVEL OF AN EXCITING NEW VOICE IN LITERARY CRIME First, there were mymother's bones . . . A young woman returns home to the small, claustrophobictown of Knife River. When Jess was thirteen, her mother went for a walk anddid not return - now, fifteen years later, bones have been discovered in thewoods nearby. Jess's sister has remained in their childhood home - her life,their home and the town itself seemingly frozen in time. As days turn intoweeks, Jess's understanding of the past, her sister, and herself becomes moreand more complicated - and the list of suspects responsible for her mother'sterrible fate more and more ominous . . . 'Knife River is an intelligentliterary mystery with a rich sense of place and a clever plot, but it isChampine's keenly-observed... Bonnier Books Ltd 230 x 149 x 30 mm.