Author: Ramona Defelice Long
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1479425834
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
"Fish Out of Water," the fourth installment in the Guppy Anthology series, presents 22 mystery and suspense stories that will hook you and reel you in! These rising stars of the mystery field take you cruising through deep waters teeming with danger, thrills, and the unexpected. Features an introduction by James M. Jackson. Included are: INTRODUCTION, by James M. Jackson PLAN A: KILL THE FISH, by Beth Green THE MISSING CONCUBINE, by P. A. De Voe SCREWED UP, by Anita DeVito THE ABDUCTION OF DESTINY, by Mo Walsh DOPPELGANGERS, by Susan Alice Bickford THE FAR END OF NOWHERE, by Liz Milliron FOR THE LOVE OF RUBY, by Bern Sy Moss PING-PONG GIRL, by Rita A. Popp GOOD NEIGHBORS, by Cori Lynn Arnold DEAD GIVEAWAY, by Chelle Martin BOTTOMS UP, by Su Kopil THE WRITER, by Steve Shrott FROM THE ASHES, by Kate Fellowes GOSSIP, by Susan Daly ON LIKE DONKEY KONG, by Rhonda Lane CRIME ON HOLD, by Claire Ortalda SIGHT UNSEEN, by KM Rockwood THE THUMP AND TAG, by Melinda B. Pierce STEP AWAY FROM THE COW, by C. C. Guthrie OF ROOSTERS AND MEN, by LD Masterson THE NEW SCORE, by Alison McMahan FAIRY TALES CAN COME TRUE, by Teresa Leigh Judd And don't miss the first 3 volumes: Fish Tales, Fish Nets, and Fish or Cut Bait!
Fish Out of Water: A Guppy Anthology
The Fish That Got Away: The 2021 Sisters in Crime Guppy Anthology
Author: Mary Adler
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1479460842
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Edited by Linda M. Rodrigues and featuring an introduction by Susan Van Kirk, The Fish That Got Away is the latest anthology from the Guppies Chapter of Sisters in Crime. This volume selects 20 great new stories from the rising stars of mystery fiction! Included are: TO EVERY SEASON, by Mary Adler BLACK ON BLACK IN BLACK, by MB Dabney THE PEARL NECKLACE, by E.B. Davis KNOW NOTHING, by C. M. Surrisi GREETINGS FROM THE BOARD, by Mary Dutta QUARRY, by Susan Alice Bickford CATCH AND RELEASE, by Mark Thielman DEAD ARMADILLOS DON’T DANCE, by Kari Wainwright THE CASE OF THE ABUSED ARTICHOKE, by Cynthia Sabelhaus WILD ABOUT SAFFRON, by Marcia Adair GOOD NEIGHBORS, by Victoria Kazarian STRESS KILLS, by Cheryl Marceau GRANDDAD’S BLOOD BAIT, by Gene Garrison THE LEGEND OF BAHAMA BOBBY, by Melinda Loomis RELEASING LIVES, by P. A. De Voe KILLER’S CRUISE, by Joseph S. Walker BOOK DROP, by Sarah A. Bresniker THE LAST LAUGH, by Lori Roberts Herbst THE CANINE CAPER, by Michele Bazan Reed TRUE COLORS, by C. M. West
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1479460842
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Edited by Linda M. Rodrigues and featuring an introduction by Susan Van Kirk, The Fish That Got Away is the latest anthology from the Guppies Chapter of Sisters in Crime. This volume selects 20 great new stories from the rising stars of mystery fiction! Included are: TO EVERY SEASON, by Mary Adler BLACK ON BLACK IN BLACK, by MB Dabney THE PEARL NECKLACE, by E.B. Davis KNOW NOTHING, by C. M. Surrisi GREETINGS FROM THE BOARD, by Mary Dutta QUARRY, by Susan Alice Bickford CATCH AND RELEASE, by Mark Thielman DEAD ARMADILLOS DON’T DANCE, by Kari Wainwright THE CASE OF THE ABUSED ARTICHOKE, by Cynthia Sabelhaus WILD ABOUT SAFFRON, by Marcia Adair GOOD NEIGHBORS, by Victoria Kazarian STRESS KILLS, by Cheryl Marceau GRANDDAD’S BLOOD BAIT, by Gene Garrison THE LEGEND OF BAHAMA BOBBY, by Melinda Loomis RELEASING LIVES, by P. A. De Voe KILLER’S CRUISE, by Joseph S. Walker BOOK DROP, by Sarah A. Bresniker THE LAST LAUGH, by Lori Roberts Herbst THE CANINE CAPER, by Michele Bazan Reed TRUE COLORS, by C. M. West
Fish Nets: The Second Guppy Anthology
Author: Ramona DeFelice
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1434446433
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
Fish Nets: The Second Guppy Anthology, dredges up even more thrills, chills, and gills. Like its predecessor, Fish Tales, this collection of mysteries by members of Sisters in Crime's "Guppies" group features the best of what the mystery genre has to offer--a fresh catch of mysterious murders, police procedurals, cozy characters, and hardboiled detectives--straight from the imaginations of some of mystery field's rising stars. Come on in, the water's fine! Don't mind the sharks... INTRODUCTION, by Kaye George THE WHITE FLIP-FLOP, by H.S. Stavropoulos NETTED, by KB Inglee DRESS FOR SUCCESS, by Diane Vallere SNARED, by Warren Bull REEF TOWN, by Kara Cerise THE GIRLS IN THE FISHNET STOCKINGS, by Judith Klerman Smith KEEPING UP APPEARANCES, by Julie Tollefson THE HINDI HOUDINI, by Gigi Pandian FISHING FOR JUSTICE, by Harriette Sackler CLEAN, by Steve Shrott INSIDE JOB, by Mysti Berry JOHN CALVIN CAN BITE ME, by Michelle Markey Butler FISHING FOR MURDER, by Teresa Hewitt Inge IN SEINE, by Katharine Russell LAWN BALLERINAS, by Beth Hinshaw DON’T TAKE THAT CHANCE, by Kate Fellowes THE LURE OF THE RAINBOW, by Gloria Alden COVER STORY, by Elaine Will Sparber THE RUNAWAY, by E. B. Davis ROUTINE CHANGES, by Betsy Bitner FISHY BUSINESS, by Jean Huffman THE STONECUTTER, by Edith Maxwell
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1434446433
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
Fish Nets: The Second Guppy Anthology, dredges up even more thrills, chills, and gills. Like its predecessor, Fish Tales, this collection of mysteries by members of Sisters in Crime's "Guppies" group features the best of what the mystery genre has to offer--a fresh catch of mysterious murders, police procedurals, cozy characters, and hardboiled detectives--straight from the imaginations of some of mystery field's rising stars. Come on in, the water's fine! Don't mind the sharks... INTRODUCTION, by Kaye George THE WHITE FLIP-FLOP, by H.S. Stavropoulos NETTED, by KB Inglee DRESS FOR SUCCESS, by Diane Vallere SNARED, by Warren Bull REEF TOWN, by Kara Cerise THE GIRLS IN THE FISHNET STOCKINGS, by Judith Klerman Smith KEEPING UP APPEARANCES, by Julie Tollefson THE HINDI HOUDINI, by Gigi Pandian FISHING FOR JUSTICE, by Harriette Sackler CLEAN, by Steve Shrott INSIDE JOB, by Mysti Berry JOHN CALVIN CAN BITE ME, by Michelle Markey Butler FISHING FOR MURDER, by Teresa Hewitt Inge IN SEINE, by Katharine Russell LAWN BALLERINAS, by Beth Hinshaw DON’T TAKE THAT CHANCE, by Kate Fellowes THE LURE OF THE RAINBOW, by Gloria Alden COVER STORY, by Elaine Will Sparber THE RUNAWAY, by E. B. Davis ROUTINE CHANGES, by Betsy Bitner FISHY BUSINESS, by Jean Huffman THE STONECUTTER, by Edith Maxwell
Fishy Business
Author: Linda Rodriguez
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 147944300X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Killer hooks and fishy characters will lure you into this fifth anthology from the Guppies Chapter of Sisters in Crime. This volume nets you twenty-two crafty capers featuring slippery eels, wily sharks, and hard-boiled crabs. From ultra-modern computer crimes to old-fashioned confidence tricks, these tales are sure to satisfy your appetite for great short mystery fiction. Introduction, by Debra H. Goldstein The Wannabe, by Lida Bushloper Nova, Capers, and a Schmear of Cream Cheese, by Debra H. Goldstein Windfall, by Rita A. Popp Who Stole My Lunch?, by Kate Fellowes Nine Lives of Husbands and Wives, by Chelle Martin The Lost Mine of Don Fernando, by Anna Castle Scrabble-Rousers, by K.M. Rockwood The Retirement Plan, by Mary Fern Ross Room and Board, by Vinnie Hansen Payout Payback, by Susan Bickford My Night with the Duke of Edinburgh, by Susan Daly The A-List, by C.C. Guthrie The Great Negotiator, by Raegan Teller For Want of a Grade, by T.Y. Euliano Exit Interview, by Beth Green The Dark Underground, by Steve Shrott The Trouble with Trouble, by Lesley Mang It Tastes Like Cardboard, by Joan Leotta The Hollerith Effect, by Andrew MacRae The Fork, the Spoon, and the Knife, by T.G. Wolff The Funeral Home Heist, by MaryAlice Meli Power of Attorney, by James M. Jackson
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 147944300X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Killer hooks and fishy characters will lure you into this fifth anthology from the Guppies Chapter of Sisters in Crime. This volume nets you twenty-two crafty capers featuring slippery eels, wily sharks, and hard-boiled crabs. From ultra-modern computer crimes to old-fashioned confidence tricks, these tales are sure to satisfy your appetite for great short mystery fiction. Introduction, by Debra H. Goldstein The Wannabe, by Lida Bushloper Nova, Capers, and a Schmear of Cream Cheese, by Debra H. Goldstein Windfall, by Rita A. Popp Who Stole My Lunch?, by Kate Fellowes Nine Lives of Husbands and Wives, by Chelle Martin The Lost Mine of Don Fernando, by Anna Castle Scrabble-Rousers, by K.M. Rockwood The Retirement Plan, by Mary Fern Ross Room and Board, by Vinnie Hansen Payout Payback, by Susan Bickford My Night with the Duke of Edinburgh, by Susan Daly The A-List, by C.C. Guthrie The Great Negotiator, by Raegan Teller For Want of a Grade, by T.Y. Euliano Exit Interview, by Beth Green The Dark Underground, by Steve Shrott The Trouble with Trouble, by Lesley Mang It Tastes Like Cardboard, by Joan Leotta The Hollerith Effect, by Andrew MacRae The Fork, the Spoon, and the Knife, by T.G. Wolff The Funeral Home Heist, by MaryAlice Meli Power of Attorney, by James M. Jackson
Ellen Hart Presents Malice Domestic 15: Mystery Most Theatrical
Author: Anne Louise Bannon
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1479453714
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
The Malice Domestic anthology series returns with a new take on mysteries in the Agatha Christie tradition—original tales with a theatrical bent! Included are: Preface, by Ellen Hart The Rock Star, by Frances Aylor Perfectly Awry, by Anne Louise Bannon The Ghost in Balcony B, by Michele Bazan Reed Drama-Rama Flip Flop, by Cindy Brown It’s Not O.K. Corral, by M. E. Browning Mary-Alice Imagines Her Life as a Movie, by Karen Cantwell The Ghost of Hamnet, by R. M. Chastleton When the Wind is Southerly, by Leone Ciporin Raising Cain, by Carla Coupe Death of Another Hero, by Susan Daly The Stars Are Fire, by Phillip DePoy Death Plays the Palace, by Margaret Dumas The Homicidal Understudy, by Elizabeth Elwood No Final Act, by Daryl Wood Gerber Deus Ex Machina, by B. J. Graf The Nine Deaths in Hamlet?, by A. P. Jamison Heat Wave, by Maureen Jennings Thus With a Kiss, by Margaret Lucke Such Tricks As These, by Jaquelyn Lyman-Thomas Final Curtain, by Sharon Lynn The Mask, by Cheryl Marceau The Ultimate Tie-Breaker, by Deborah Maxey True Crime, by Adam Meyer A Star Goes Dark, by Raquel V. Reyes Not Your Lolita, by Merrilee Robson A Death in Shubert Alley, by Lee Sauer Dance on Fire, by Shawn Reilly Simmons Missed Cue, by Lynn Slaughter You Know How Actresses Are, by C. M. Surrisi Five Words, by Elaine Togneri Ask Fred the Usher, by Arthur Vidro Death Takes a Bow, by Mo Walsh Deal With the Devil, by James Lincoln Warren Method for Murder, by Carol L. Wright
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1479453714
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
The Malice Domestic anthology series returns with a new take on mysteries in the Agatha Christie tradition—original tales with a theatrical bent! Included are: Preface, by Ellen Hart The Rock Star, by Frances Aylor Perfectly Awry, by Anne Louise Bannon The Ghost in Balcony B, by Michele Bazan Reed Drama-Rama Flip Flop, by Cindy Brown It’s Not O.K. Corral, by M. E. Browning Mary-Alice Imagines Her Life as a Movie, by Karen Cantwell The Ghost of Hamnet, by R. M. Chastleton When the Wind is Southerly, by Leone Ciporin Raising Cain, by Carla Coupe Death of Another Hero, by Susan Daly The Stars Are Fire, by Phillip DePoy Death Plays the Palace, by Margaret Dumas The Homicidal Understudy, by Elizabeth Elwood No Final Act, by Daryl Wood Gerber Deus Ex Machina, by B. J. Graf The Nine Deaths in Hamlet?, by A. P. Jamison Heat Wave, by Maureen Jennings Thus With a Kiss, by Margaret Lucke Such Tricks As These, by Jaquelyn Lyman-Thomas Final Curtain, by Sharon Lynn The Mask, by Cheryl Marceau The Ultimate Tie-Breaker, by Deborah Maxey True Crime, by Adam Meyer A Star Goes Dark, by Raquel V. Reyes Not Your Lolita, by Merrilee Robson A Death in Shubert Alley, by Lee Sauer Dance on Fire, by Shawn Reilly Simmons Missed Cue, by Lynn Slaughter You Know How Actresses Are, by C. M. Surrisi Five Words, by Elaine Togneri Ask Fred the Usher, by Arthur Vidro Death Takes a Bow, by Mo Walsh Deal With the Devil, by James Lincoln Warren Method for Murder, by Carol L. Wright
Fish Tales
Author: Ramona DeFelice Long
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1434430804
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1434430804
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Odd Partners
Author: Mystery Writers Of America
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 152479936X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Unlikely pairs join forces to crack a slew of intriguing cases in an anthology edited by New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry, featuring original stories by Jacqueline Winspear, Jeffery Deaver, Allison Brennan, Charles Todd, and many more, including Perry herself. Throughout the annals of fiction, there have been many celebrated detective teams: Sherlock Holmes and John Watson. Nick and Nora Charles. Hercule Poirot and Arthur Hastings. Thomas and Charlotte Pitt. That last pair is the creation of beloved mystery writer Anne Perry, who, as the editor of Odd Partners and in conjunction with Mystery Writers of America, has enlisted some of today’s best mystery writers to craft all-new stories about unlikely duos who join forces—sometimes unwillingly—to solve beguiling whodunits. From Perry’s own entry, in which an English sergeant and his German counterpart set out to find a missing soldier during World War I, to a psychological tale of an airplane passenger who wakes up unsure of who he is and must enlist his fellow passengers to help him remember, to a historical mystery about a misguided witch-hunt and the unlikely couple that brings it down, each story deals in the wonderful complexities of human interactions. And not just human interactions: Honey bees avenge the death of their beekeeper, a wandering cat brings home clues to a murder, and a gray wolf and a fly fisherman in the Minnesota woods try to protect their land from a brash billionaire. Featuring work by New York Times bestselling authors, Edgar Award winners, and up-and-coming members of the Mystery Writers of America, these tales of friends, enemies, and pairs who lie somewhere in the middle will satisfy every type of mystery reader. With each author’s signature brand of suspense, these stories give new meaning to the word “teamwork.” Featuring stories by: Ace Atkins • Allison Brennan • Shelley Costa • Jeffery Deaver • Robert Dugoni • William Frank • Georgia Jeffries • Lou Kemp • William Kent Krueger • Joe R. Lansdale • Lisa Morton • Claire Ortalda • Anne Perry • Adele Polomski • Stephen Ross • Mark Thielman • Charles Todd • Jacqueline Winspear • Amanda Witt
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 152479936X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Unlikely pairs join forces to crack a slew of intriguing cases in an anthology edited by New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry, featuring original stories by Jacqueline Winspear, Jeffery Deaver, Allison Brennan, Charles Todd, and many more, including Perry herself. Throughout the annals of fiction, there have been many celebrated detective teams: Sherlock Holmes and John Watson. Nick and Nora Charles. Hercule Poirot and Arthur Hastings. Thomas and Charlotte Pitt. That last pair is the creation of beloved mystery writer Anne Perry, who, as the editor of Odd Partners and in conjunction with Mystery Writers of America, has enlisted some of today’s best mystery writers to craft all-new stories about unlikely duos who join forces—sometimes unwillingly—to solve beguiling whodunits. From Perry’s own entry, in which an English sergeant and his German counterpart set out to find a missing soldier during World War I, to a psychological tale of an airplane passenger who wakes up unsure of who he is and must enlist his fellow passengers to help him remember, to a historical mystery about a misguided witch-hunt and the unlikely couple that brings it down, each story deals in the wonderful complexities of human interactions. And not just human interactions: Honey bees avenge the death of their beekeeper, a wandering cat brings home clues to a murder, and a gray wolf and a fly fisherman in the Minnesota woods try to protect their land from a brash billionaire. Featuring work by New York Times bestselling authors, Edgar Award winners, and up-and-coming members of the Mystery Writers of America, these tales of friends, enemies, and pairs who lie somewhere in the middle will satisfy every type of mystery reader. With each author’s signature brand of suspense, these stories give new meaning to the word “teamwork.” Featuring stories by: Ace Atkins • Allison Brennan • Shelley Costa • Jeffery Deaver • Robert Dugoni • William Frank • Georgia Jeffries • Lou Kemp • William Kent Krueger • Joe R. Lansdale • Lisa Morton • Claire Ortalda • Anne Perry • Adele Polomski • Stephen Ross • Mark Thielman • Charles Todd • Jacqueline Winspear • Amanda Witt
Forever, Erma
Author: Erma Bombeck
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1453290095
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 427
Book Description
New York Times Bestseller: This anthology of Erma Bombeck’s most memorable and humorous essays is a tribute to one of America’s sharpest wits. When she began writing her regular newspaper column in 1965, Erma Bombeck’s goal was to make housewives laugh. Thirty years later, she had published more than four thousand columns, and earned countless laughs—from housewives, presidents, and everyone in between. With grace, good humor, and razor-sharp prose, she gently skewered every aspect of the American family. This collection holds the best of her columns—not just her famous quips, but also the heartbreaking observations that gave her writing such weight. In 1969, Erma wrote: “screaming kids, unpaid bills, green leftovers, husbands behind newspapers, basketballs in the bathroom. They’re real . . . they’re warm . . . they’re the only bit of normalcy left in this cockeyed world, and I’m going to cling to it like life itself.” With what Publishers Weekly calls her “infectious sense of human absurdity,” Erma Bombeck’s writing remains a timeless examination of the still-cockeyed world. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Erma Bombeck including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author’s estate.
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1453290095
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 427
Book Description
New York Times Bestseller: This anthology of Erma Bombeck’s most memorable and humorous essays is a tribute to one of America’s sharpest wits. When she began writing her regular newspaper column in 1965, Erma Bombeck’s goal was to make housewives laugh. Thirty years later, she had published more than four thousand columns, and earned countless laughs—from housewives, presidents, and everyone in between. With grace, good humor, and razor-sharp prose, she gently skewered every aspect of the American family. This collection holds the best of her columns—not just her famous quips, but also the heartbreaking observations that gave her writing such weight. In 1969, Erma wrote: “screaming kids, unpaid bills, green leftovers, husbands behind newspapers, basketballs in the bathroom. They’re real . . . they’re warm . . . they’re the only bit of normalcy left in this cockeyed world, and I’m going to cling to it like life itself.” With what Publishers Weekly calls her “infectious sense of human absurdity,” Erma Bombeck’s writing remains a timeless examination of the still-cockeyed world. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Erma Bombeck including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author’s estate.
Mighty Real: An Anthology of African American Same Gender Loving Writings
Author: edited by R. Bryant Smith and Darius Omar Williams
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1387578383
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 740
Book Description
A collection of African-American Same Gender Loving Literature featuring both new and established writers. Grounded in a poignant and truthful sensibility, imbued with the realities of sex and love, Smith and Williams present a culmination of poems, short stories, radical essays, sermons, plays and interviews honoring notable figures within the SGLBT community.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1387578383
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 740
Book Description
A collection of African-American Same Gender Loving Literature featuring both new and established writers. Grounded in a poignant and truthful sensibility, imbued with the realities of sex and love, Smith and Williams present a culmination of poems, short stories, radical essays, sermons, plays and interviews honoring notable figures within the SGLBT community.
Dread of Winter
Author: Susan Alice Bickford
Publisher: Kensington Books
ISBN: 1496705971
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
“There’s so much to love in Susan Bickford’s newest novel, Dread of Winter: a profound sense of place, the visceral evocation of a bitter winter’s cold, a dead-on depiction of the pit of despair that is the opioid epidemic, and language so beautiful on the page it’ll give you goosebumps. I’m a newcomer to Bickford’s work, but I’m putting her on my list of must-read authors. You should, too.” —William Kent Krueger The remote town of Oriska, New York, hasn’t been home for Sydney Lucerno for thirteen years. She’s escaped the creeping addictions and long-simmering anger that are as much a part of the landscape as the bitter cold. But when she gets the call that her mother is dying, every secret and fear she left behind is waiting to welcome her back. Two days later, her mother’s lover is dead too. And Sydney’s sworn to protect a half-sister she never knew she had, a prickly teenager named Maude, with an opiate habit and a bad-news family. But more lies and feuds are poised to spring from every once-familiar corner. The predators Sydney thought she’d escaped are threatening both her and Maude. To get free, Sydney will have to discover the truth about what happened when she left—and decide what should stay buried, deep in the unforgiving snow . . . Praise for A Short Time to Die “By the end of the first chapter I was totally hooked.” —Lisa Black “Gripping, chilling, and original . . . is sure to stay with you for a long, long time.” — Eric Rickstad “Kept me reading late, late into the night, to an ending I never expected.” —Taylor Stevens
Publisher: Kensington Books
ISBN: 1496705971
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
“There’s so much to love in Susan Bickford’s newest novel, Dread of Winter: a profound sense of place, the visceral evocation of a bitter winter’s cold, a dead-on depiction of the pit of despair that is the opioid epidemic, and language so beautiful on the page it’ll give you goosebumps. I’m a newcomer to Bickford’s work, but I’m putting her on my list of must-read authors. You should, too.” —William Kent Krueger The remote town of Oriska, New York, hasn’t been home for Sydney Lucerno for thirteen years. She’s escaped the creeping addictions and long-simmering anger that are as much a part of the landscape as the bitter cold. But when she gets the call that her mother is dying, every secret and fear she left behind is waiting to welcome her back. Two days later, her mother’s lover is dead too. And Sydney’s sworn to protect a half-sister she never knew she had, a prickly teenager named Maude, with an opiate habit and a bad-news family. But more lies and feuds are poised to spring from every once-familiar corner. The predators Sydney thought she’d escaped are threatening both her and Maude. To get free, Sydney will have to discover the truth about what happened when she left—and decide what should stay buried, deep in the unforgiving snow . . . Praise for A Short Time to Die “By the end of the first chapter I was totally hooked.” —Lisa Black “Gripping, chilling, and original . . . is sure to stay with you for a long, long time.” — Eric Rickstad “Kept me reading late, late into the night, to an ending I never expected.” —Taylor Stevens