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This book was the winter quarterly choice for mysteries at the Strand Bookstore in NYC. It is set in Hallowell Maine in the 18th century.It is the kind of historical fiction that I like a lot and appreciate in that it is based on historical facts. Martha Ballard was a midwife married to a saw mill owner. She has six living children, and three daughters who died in childhood.
The story revolves around the discovery of a body in the frozen Kennebec River. Was it an accidental death or a murder? Mar ...more
      
  The story revolves around the discovery of a body in the frozen Kennebec River. Was it an accidental death or a murder? Mar ...more
 
  
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