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Stories and history from the wild and wonderful Upper Peninsula of Michigan, surrounded by three of the five Great Lakes.

Updated August 19, 2024
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Edge of dusk
Coble, Colleen
Paper Book
Even though secrets lie off the coast of Rock Harbor, the truth will set Annie Pederson free--if it doesn't kill her first. Return to the beloved town of Rock Harbor in the first installment of a new series by bestselling suspense author Colleen Coble. Nine-year-old Annie...
Upper peculiar : tales from above the bridge
Heywood, Joseph
Paper Book
From the author of the Woods Cop Mystery series comes a new collection of stories about life in the Upper Peninsula. Heywood offers a glimpse into the world his best loved characters came from, like Grady Service, Limpy Allerdyce, and Luticious Treebone. From the early 1900s to present day,...
Delta County
Hyde, J. L.
Ebook
The Nick Adams stories.
Hemingway, Ernest
Paper Book
Beware the woman : a novel
Abbott, Megan
Paper Book
An NPR Best Book of the Year By the "master of thinly veiled secrets often kept by women who rage underneath their delicate exteriors" (Kirkus Reviews), Beware the Woman is Megan Abbott at the height of her game. Honey, I just want you to have...
The wicked sister
Dionne, Karen
Paper Book
She thought she'd buried her past. But what if it's been hunting her this whole time? From the bestselling and award-winning author of The Marsh King's Daughter comes a startling novel of psychological suspense as two generations of sisters try to unravel their tangled...
Dark of night : an Annie Pederson novel
Coble, Colleen
Paper Book
The law is about justice--not grace. But perhaps ranger Annie Pederson can find a way to have both. As if the last few months haven't been hard enough--complete with threats on her life and the return of her first love, Jon--Annie has to figure out whether or not to believe a...
All that we carried
Bartels, Erin
Paper Book
"Bartels proves herself a master wordsmith and storyteller."--Library Journal, starred review "This subdued tale of learning to forgive is Bartels's best yet."--Publishers Weekly "A deeply personal, thoughtful exploration of dealing with...
Beyond beyond : a Lute Bapcat mystery
Heywood, Joseph.
Paper Book
We last saw our hero in Mountains of the Misbegotten and Heywood delivers an even more thrilling mystery. Lute Bapcat and Pinkhus Zakov had been partners in the far northern counties of Michigan's Upper Peninsula for years when in early 1917, Zakov suddenly disappeared. A year later, Bapcat and...
Blood is the sky
Hamilton, Steve
Paper Book
"When a fire is done, what’s left is only half-destroyed. It is charred and brittle. It is obscene. There is nothing so ugly in all the world as what a fire leaves behind, covered in ashes and smoke and a smell you’ll think about every day for the rest of your life." ...

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