A killing in the hills / Julia Keller.
In this novel a mother and a daughter try to do right by a town and each other before it is too late. What is happening in Acker's Gap, West Virginia? Three elderly men are gunned down over their coffee at a local diner, and seemingly half the town is there to witness the act. Still, it happened so fast, and no one seems to have gotten a good look at the shooter. Was it random? Was it connected to the spate of drug violence plaguing poor areas of the country just like Acker's Gap? Or were Dean Streeter, Shorty McClurg, and Lee Rader targeted somehow? One of the witnesses to the brutal incident was Carla Elkins, teenaged daughter of Bell Elkins, the prosecuting attorney for Raythune County, West Virginia. Carla was shocked and horrified by what she saw, but after a few days, she begins to recover enough to believe that she might be uniquely placed to help her mother do her job. After all, what better way to repair their fragile, damaged relationship? But could Carla also end up doing more harm than good, in fact, putting her own life in danger?
Record details
- ISBN: 1250003482
- ISBN: 9781250003485
- ISBN: 9781250028754
- Physical Description: 371 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York, New York : Minotaur Books, 2012.
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- Middle-aged men > Crimes against > Fiction.
Mothers and daughters > Fiction.
Murder > Fiction.
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Teenage girls > Fiction.
Witnesses > Fiction.
West Virginia > Fiction. - Genre:
- Detective and mystery fiction.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville Main Library | FIC KELLER (Text) | 36015000025763 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Richlands Branch Library | FIC KELLER (Text) | 36015001322474 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Sneads Ferry Branch Library | FIC KELLER (Text) | 36015001193552 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Swansboro Branch Library | FIC KELLER (Text) | 36015000873063 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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