Central Skagit Library District

"We didn't call the police right away. When Mia's father doesn't come home from a walk in the local nature reserve, she doesn't think much of it. He must've turned off his phone. Or his battery died. Or he probably stopped for an errand-but doing what exactly? Soon more questions arise and it becomes clear to Mia and her family that he is missing. Or is he?"--

"Kate had high hopes when she moved to her husband's hometown, but her domestic bliss was short-lived. Blindsided by her spouse's very public affair with his high school sweetheart and a painful divorce, Kate's determined to hold onto custody of her kids and pull herself together. When Kate's bashed in the head by a drone at her son's soccer game and face-plants in the grass, it's more than her self-esteem that's shattered. The drone's video reveals...

Police Officer Jack Stratton is hiding. Hiding from the world. From pain. From the memories of losing his best friend Chandler in Iraq. Suffering from PTSD and isolated from those he cares about, the last thing Jack expects to hear is his foster sister Michelle is gone-- Chandler's sister. Although the police think she just took off, he knows Michelle would never leave those she loved behind--like he did. Now he must take action.

"Handsome police officer Jack Stratton is the 'hometown hero cop with a heart of gold.' Constant nightmares have forced him to seek answers about his rough childhood and the dark secrets hidden there. With Replacement by his side, Jack travels to Hope Falls to solve a murder that occurred before he was born"--Back cover.

"Feisty, passionate Beatrice Steele has never fit the definition of a true lady, according to the strict code of conduct that reigns in Swampshire, her small English township--she is terrible at needlework, has absolutely no musical ability, and her artwork is so bad it frightens people. Nevertheless, she lives a perfectly agreeable life with her marriage-scheming mother, prankster father, and two younger sisters-- beautiful Louisa and forgettable...

"Ten years ago, four people were brutally murdered. One girl lived. No one believes her story. The police think she's crazy. Her therapist thinks she's suicidal. Everyone else thinks she's a dangerous drunk. They're all right--but did she see the killer? As the anniversary of the murders approaches, Faith Winters is released from the psychiatric hospital and yanked back to the last spot on earth she wants to be--her hometown where the slayings took...