The year is 1789, and a New England midwife is called to investigate a dead man pulled from the ice. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Ariel Lawhon about her novel, "The Frozen River." A new novel opens ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The historical mystery is the latest from New York Times bestselling author Ariel Lawhon and is inspired by the life and diary of ...

It’s the winter of 1790, and Rebecca Foster is testifying before the Massachusetts Court of Common Pleas. Refusing to spare her gossip-seeking neighbors the gruesome details, Rebecca recounts the ...

A new novel opens with a body floating in a New England river in the winter of 1789. ARIEL LAWHON: (Reading) The body floats downstream. But it is late November, and the Kennebec River is starting to ...

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