Gail Anderson-Dargatz?s evocative first novel?a richly atmospheric coming-of-age tale novel set on a remote Canadian farm in the midst of World War II?reveals an assured and original voice.

The Cure for Death by Lightning is the story of Beth Weeks, a young girl whose life is thrown into turm[...]

When a young woman goes missing on a nature trail, small-town journalist Claire Abbott is first on the scene, as usual. The clues to the woman's whereabouts are misleading, but Claire has a sixth sense--what the fire chief calls a "radar for crime." Trusting her intuition, Claire insists that the se[...]