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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. Nine-year-old Annie Pederson's life changed the night her sister was kidnapped. The two had been outside playing on a dock, and Annie never...
Tin camp road
Airgood, Ellen
Paper Book
Laurel Hill and her precocious daughter Skye live on Lake Superior, where the local school has classes of just four children, and the nearest hospital is a helicopter ride away. One otherwise normal afternoon, their landlord decides to evict them in favour of a more profitable summer rental, and,...
Shadow of the wolf tree
Heywood, Joseph
Paper Book
In the seventh installment in the acclaimed Woods Cop Mystery series, another suspenseful crime noir finds DNR Detective Grady Service back in action. The discovery of skeletal remains in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula wilderness sheds troubling light on...
Buckular dystrophy : a woods cop mystery
Heywood, Joseph
Ebook
The 10th installment of the beloved Woods Cop Mystery series! The traditional firearm deer season in Michigan lasts two weeks, a time in which the most hunters are afield during the year and the time when most things happen. Game wardens cannot count on having any life but work during this period,...
The Nick Adams stories
Hemingway, Ernest
Paper Book
From one of the 20th century's greatest voices comes the complete chronological anthology of his short stories featuring Nick Adams, Ernest Hemingway's memorable character, as he grows from child to adolescent to soldier, veteran, writer, and parent--a sequence closely paralleling the events of...
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 Mason house : a memoir
Bertineau, T. Marie
Paper Book
A 2021 Michigan Notable Book "Touching and authentic." --Faith Sullivan, author of Good Night, Mr. Wodehouse "A powerful celebration of the ties that bind us and of eccentric, laugh-out-loud moments of love, grace, and what it means to be kin."--Tiffany Midge...
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 second book in USA TODAY bestselling romantic suspense author Colleen Coble's Annie Pederson Series (following Edge of Dusk) returns to fan-favorite Rock Harbor as ranger Annie Pederson tries to find a way to balance justice and grace. Perfect for fans of Terri Blackstock, Dani...
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...
Hunter's moon : a novel in stories
Caputo, Philip
Paper Book
"Powerful....Caputo's wisdom runs deep. Few writers have better captured the emotional lives of men." --The New York Times Book Review From Philip Caputo--the author of A Rumor of War, The Longest Road, and Some Rise By Sin<...
Winter study : a novel
Barr, Nevada.
Paper Book
Soon after Anna Pigeon joins the famed wolf study team of Isle Royale National Park in the middle of Lake Superior, the wolf packs begin to behave in peculiar ways. Giant wolf prints are found, and Anna spies the form of a great wolf from a surveillance plane. When a female member of the team is...
Ice run
Hamilton, Steve
Paper Book
New York Times Bestselling Author of Die a Stranger Edgar Award-winner Steve Hamilton introduced one of the most compelling characters in modern fiction with Alex McKnight. In Ice Run, Alex finds himself in the middle of a very strange mystery with much greater...
Blood is the sky : an Alex McKnight mystery
Hamilton, Steve
Paper Book
Before Blood is the Sky, the Alex McKnight series had already hit bestseller lists and won awards, but this novel took it to a whole new level. Set in the forests of northern Ontario, a land of savage beauty and sudden danger, Blood is the Sky shows why Steve Hamilton is one of the...

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