Knife River

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 depiction of the aftermath of tragedy and thecorrosive impact of loss that sets this novel apart' PAULA HAWKINS 'I couldn'tput Knife River down. An incredibly compelling literary mystery. Beautifullywritten' OLIVIA KIERNAN 'Both a beguiling mystery and a tender exploration ofsisterhood and first love, this beautiful, deep, winding road of a novelpulled me hard into its pages and wouldn't let me go. I was captivated by thisdebut' EMMA STYLES 'Atmospheric, sharp, and skilled at twisting the reader'sguesses in unimaginable ways' JODI PICOULT