02054cam a2200325 4500 1055897304 TxAuBib 20231204120000.0 231116s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2022057899 9780385546874 0385546874 (OCoLC)1409534979 TxAuBib Lawhon, Ariel., author. The frozen river / Ariel Lawhon. First edition. New York : Doubleday, [2023] 432 pages : map ; 24 cm. Good Morning America book club "Maine, 1789: When the Kennebec River freezes, entombing a man in the ice, Martha Ballard is summoned to examine the body and determine cause of death. As a midwife and healer, she is privy to much of what goes on behind closed doors in Hallowell. Her diary is a record of every birth and death, crime and debacle that unfolds in the close-knit community. Months earlier, Martha documented the details of an alleged rape committed by two of the town's most respected gentlemen--one of whom has now been found dead in the ice. But when a local physician undermines her conclusion, declaring the death to be an accident, Martha is forced to investigate the shocking murder on her own. Over the course of one winter, as the trial nears, and whispers and prejudices mount, Martha doggedly pursues the truth. Her diary soon lands at the center of the scandal, implicating those she loves, and compelling Martha to decide where her own loyalties lie." -- Book jacket. 20231204. Ballard, Martha, 1735-1812 Fiction. Midwives Maine Fiction. Murder Investigation Maine Fiction. Kennebec River Valley (Me.) Social life and customs 18th century Fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. lcgft Historical fiction. lcgft Good Morning America book club.