Wintry Reads
Winter is a great time to curl up with a hot drink and a good book. The books below span a variety of genres, from a psychological thriller to a romance. Check out these wintry reads to kick off the chilly winter season.
The Winter People, by Jennifer McMahon
The small Vermont town of West Hall has been the scene of mysterious deaths, disappearances, and ghost sightings. The scattered pages of a turn-of-the-century diary relate the events that lead to a murder and the apparent beginning of all the trouble. Odd and intriguing clues emerge, and the final conclusion is thrilling.
The North Water, by Ian McGuire
The Volunteer, a nineteenth-century Yorkshire whaling ship, becomes the stage for a confrontation between brutal harpooner Henry Drax and ex-army surgeon Patrick Sumner, the ship's medic, during a violent, ill-fated voyage to the Arctic.
Silver Thaw, by Catherine Anderson
When Jeb Sterling comes to her rescue after a cold snap leaves her and her young daughter temporary homeless, Amanda Banning, who is trying to start a new life after escaping from an abusive marriage, finds herself drawn to Jeb's kindness.
Cover of Snow, by Jenny Milchman
In the wake of her stalwart police officer husband's shattering suicide in their otherwise peaceful Adirondack village, house restorer Nora Hamilton notices strange inconsistencies in her husband's past and in the behaviors of his police force co-workers before stumbling on deadly local secrets.
The Winter Girl, by Matt Marinovich
Attending a terminally ill parent during a Hamptons winter, Scott and Elise confront a growing dissatisfaction with their marriage that prompts a spiral of bad decisions made to reignite lost passion.
Midwinter Break, by Bernard MacLaverty
A retired couple struggling with his dogmatic forgetfulness and her religious faith attempt to repair their marriage during a vacation in Amsterdam, where they confront painful memories of a troubled time in their native Ireland.
Wolf Winter, by Cecilia Ekback
After emigrating from Finland to Swedish Lapland, Maija and her family settled down in a rich and beautiful country dominated by the ominous mountain Blackasen. Out herding goats, Maija's daughters find the body of one of their neighbors, the death is dismissed as a wolf attack but Maija gradually uncovers a history of tragedies and betrayals.
Snow Child, by Eowyn Ivey
Alaska, 1920: a brutal place to homestead--and especially tough for recent arrivals Jack and Mabel. Childless, they are drifting apart. In a moment of levity during the season's first snowfall, they build a child out of snow. The next morning the snow child is gone--but they glimpse a young, blonde-haired girl running through the trees.
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