Blackberry Winter

***THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*** From the New York Times bestselling author of Always and The Violets of March comes an emotional story of a dreadful storm,a missing child cold caseand a determined reporter who just may have a stronger connection with the past than she realizes. Seattle1933. Single mother Vera Ray kisses her three-year-old son goodnight and departs to work the night shift at a local hotel. She emerges to discover that a May Day snow has blanketed the cityand that her son has vanished. Outsideshe finds his beloved teddy bear lying facedown on an icy streetthe snow covering up any trace of his tracksΓÇöor the perpetratorΓÇÖs. Seattle2010. Seattle Herald reporter Claire Aldridgeassigned to cover the May 1 ΓÇ£blackberry winterΓÇ¥ storm and its twinlearns of the unsolved abduction and vows to unearth the truth. In the processshe finds that she and Vera may be linked in unexpected ways. Sarah Jio burst onto the fiction scene with two sensational novelsΓÇöThe Violets of March and The Bungalow. With Blackberry WinterΓÇötaking its title from a late-seasoncold-weather phenomenonΓÇöJio continues her rich exploration of the ways personal connections can transcend the boundaries of time.