Historian Gillian Adams drops both her academic career in Vancouver and her plans to spend her sabbatical in London with policeman lover Edward in order to return to her childhood home up the Hudson and care for her aging mother whose heart is giving out. Gillian keeps her hand and brain in with a light guest-lecturer load at sleepy rural Stanton, College, a campus chat seems serene but is soon unsettled by the murder of a student on a lonely stretch of road. It's a shocking act breaking the rural peace of the area. No less ...
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Historian Gillian Adams drops both her academic career in Vancouver and her plans to spend her sabbatical in London with policeman lover Edward in order to return to her childhood home up the Hudson and care for her aging mother whose heart is giving out. Gillian keeps her hand and brain in with a light guest-lecturer load at sleepy rural Stanton, College, a campus chat seems serene but is soon unsettled by the murder of a student on a lonely stretch of road. It's a shocking act breaking the rural peace of the area. No less unnerving are the revelations that follow about the girl's double life and its implications for those know to Gillian since childhood. Facing both her past and her future as her mother's life moves towards its close, Gillian copes with the opening--and healing--of old wounds.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
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As New. No Jacket. Book 1st prtg, trade paperback ed., The 4th of Historian Gillian Adams ' titles. WINNER of the 1999 ARTHUR ELLIS BEST NOVEL AWARD from The Canadian Crime Writers Association. Gillian drops both her academic career in Vancouver & her plans to spend her sabbatical in London to care for her aging mother. Reacquainting herself with the Hudson River Valley she becomes a guest lecturer at sleepy Stanton College, where the community becomes unsettled by by the murder of a student on a lonely strech of road.
