Knife River

ΓÇ£A twisting,engrossingand beautiful mystery. Thrillingyet also deeply movinglayeredand powerful.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöChris WhitakerNew York Times bestselling author of All the Colors of the Darka Read with Jenna Book Club pick as seen on Today ΓÇ£A delicious smoke curl of a novel.ΓÇ¥ΓÇö#1 New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult ΓÇ£An intelligent literary mystery.ΓÇ¥ΓÇö#1 New York Times bestselling author Paula Hawkins A compelling story of familyhomeand the bond between sisters that asks: Who do you believe when you can’t even trust yourself? When Jess was thirteenher mother went for a walk and never returned. Jess and her older sisterLiznever found out what happened. Insteadthey did what they hoped their mother had done: survive. As soon as she was old enoughJess fled their small town of Knife Riverwandering from girlfriend to girlfriend like a ghost in her own lifeaimless in her attempts to outrun grief and confusion. But one morningfifteen years after their motherΓÇÖs disappearanceshe gets the call sheΓÇÖs been bracing for: Her motherΓÇÖs remains have been found. Jess returns to find Knife RiverΓÇöand her sisterΓÇöfrozen in time. The town is as claustrophobic and rundown as ever. Liz still lives in their childhood home and has become obsessed with unsolved missing persons cases. Jess plans to stay only until they get some answersbut their motherΓÇÖs bonesexposed to the elements for so longjust leave them with more questions. As Jess gets caught up in the case and falls back into an entanglement with her high school girlfriendher understanding of the pastof Lizof their motherand of herself become more complicatedΓÇöand the list of theories more ominous. Knife River is a tenseintimateand heartrending portrayal of how deeply and imperfectly women love one another: in romantic relationshipsin friendshipsand especially as sisters.