Book description
After her mothers suicide, Maja Cleary turned her back on her family
and Duved Cove, Minnesotauntil a desperate phone call reveals that her
father has been murdered and her brother Jonas is the prime suspect. She
flies home, knowing that she will have to confront shared memories of an
abusive father. Even as she works to prove her brothers innocence, she
cannot ignore the evidence that he had every reason to kill their
father. The frigid, stormy Minnesota landscape sets the mood as she
battles against time, the local police and the relentless snow.
"Like all good books,
In Winter's Grip
has a message: yes, you can go home again, but once you do, you'll
remember why you left. This is a novel not only to be read, but
savoured." Brenda Chapman began her children's fiction career
with Running Scared, the first in the Jennifer Bannon series. Hiding in
Hawk's Creek was shortlisted for the CLA Book of the Year for Children.
Where Trouble Leads and Trail of Secrets followed. Her first mystery for
adults, In Winter's Grip, was published in 2010. She lives in Ottawa,
Ontario.
