02158com a2200361 i 4500 2725051651 TxAuBib 20260407120000.0 231116s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2022057899 9780593312070 pbk 18.00 0593312074 pbk 18.00 TxAuBib rda Lawhon, Ariel, author. The frozen river [KIT] / Ariel Lawhon. Book Club to Go kit : The frozen river. First edition. New York : Doubleday, 2023. 432 pages : map ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Maine, 1789: When the Kennebec River freezes, entombing a man in the ice, Martha Ballard is summoned to examine the body and determine cause of death. As a midwife and healer, she is privy to much of what goes on behind closed doors in Hallowell. Her diary is a record of every birth and death, crime and debacle that unfolds in the close-knit community. Months earlier, Martha documented the details of an alleged rape committed by two of the town's most respected gentlemen--one of whom has now been found dead in the ice. But when a local physician undermines her conclusion, declaring the death to be an accident, Martha is forced to investigate the shocking murder on her own. Over the course of one winter, as the trial nears, and whispers and prejudices mount, Martha doggedly pursues the truth. Her diary soon lands at the center of the scandal, implicating those she loves, and compelling Martha to decide where her own loyalties lie." -- Book jacket. 20260407. Each book is priced individually based on its listed retail price found at the back or inside the jacket. Midwives Fiction. Murder Investigation Maine Fiction. Homicide Fiction. Mystery fiction. Biographical fiction. Historical fiction. Book Club kits.