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A short story of literary suspense from Agatha Award-winner G.M. Malliet, author of WICKED AUTUMN, a book named "Best Mystery of the Year" by Library Journal and The Boston Globe.
Some borders are invisible.
On a bitter winter night in the Vermont woods, Chantal Moreau follows the man she loves across an unmarked border into Canada. She believes she’s helping him reunite with his young daughter and escape a painful past. Instead, the journey reveals a truth she cannot ignore: a dead man in the trunk of their car, a child taken without consent, and a future built on lies.
As they move through the snowbound towns and highways of Quebec, Chantal begins to understand how easily love can blur into complicity – and how quickly silence becomes its own form of harm. With police alerts spreading and the truth closing in, she faces an impossible choice: protect the man she once trusted, or step forward to protect a child who may have no one else.
Three Rivers is a character-driven literary thriller about moral boundaries, emotional reckoning, and the quiet bravery required to do what is right when there is no safe path. Set against a stark winter landscape, it explores themes of motherhood, loyalty, guilt, and responsibility in the aftermath of war and broken families.
Thoughtful, atmospheric, and deeply human, Three Rivers will appeal to readers of literary fiction, psychological suspense, and book club novels that linger long after the final page.
Perfect for readers who enjoy:
Some borders are invisible.
On a bitter winter night in the Vermont woods, Chantal Moreau follows the man she loves across an unmarked border into Canada. She believes she’s helping him reunite with his young daughter and escape a painful past. Instead, the journey reveals a truth she cannot ignore: a dead man in the trunk of their car, a child taken without consent, and a future built on lies.
As they move through the snowbound towns and highways of Quebec, Chantal begins to understand how easily love can blur into complicity – and how quickly silence becomes its own form of harm. With police alerts spreading and the truth closing in, she faces an impossible choice: protect the man she once trusted, or step forward to protect a child who may have no one else.
Three Rivers is a character-driven literary thriller about moral boundaries, emotional reckoning, and the quiet bravery required to do what is right when there is no safe path. Set against a stark winter landscape, it explores themes of motherhood, loyalty, guilt, and responsibility in the aftermath of war and broken families.
Thoughtful, atmospheric, and deeply human, Three Rivers will appeal to readers of literary fiction, psychological suspense, and book club novels that linger long after the final page.
Perfect for readers who enjoy:
- Psychological and literary thrillers
Character-driven suspense
Stories of moral reckoning and quiet heroism
Border-town noir and wintry settings
Genre: Mystery
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