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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 youre the countys prosecuting attorney, calls from the sheriff are rarely good news, either. So when Bell Elkins picks up the phone she already knows she wont like what shes about to hear, but shes still not prepared for this 16-year-old Lucinda Trimbles body has been found at the bottom of Bitter River. And Lucinda didnt drown--she 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 thats not all Bell is coping with these days. Her daughter is now living with Bells ex-husband, hours away.
