Bitter River by Julia Keller

Bitter River by Julia Keller


Bitter River was more suspenseful and perhaps more far-fetched than the first book in the Bell Elkins series. In this installment, Julia Keller expands her vivid descriptions of Acker's Gap and its people and reveals that the town is not so isolated after all.

400 pages

A Killing in the Hills by Julia Keller

A Killing in the Hills by Julia Keller
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This intricate mystery set in rural West Virginia is beautiful written.  Julia Keller asks the reader to consider whether it is best to leave a painful past behind or the return to your birthplace in order to try to make it better for others. 384 pages.